Kolmogorov Music (2015) [video]

Kolmogorov Music (2015) [video](youtube.com)

59 points by winkywooster 2 years ago | 6 comments

This is a very interesting concept, and I can falsify it with little effort within the context of music specifically.

I can and do construct pieces of music out of simple understandable elements, with simply described relationships, that are incredibly difficult to process or extract when listening to them.

jpnelson 2 years ago | |

They do actually talk about this idea in the talk. The "shortest possible program" that can be used to describe the music is undecidable, but there is a short description, in the case you just described it's unknown to the listener.

whiddershins 2 years ago | | |

Thanks

beefman 2 years ago |

Corresponding paper: https://sci-hub.se/10.1145/2975980.2975987

jschveibinz 2 years ago |

Related: information theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_theory

svilen_dobrev 2 years ago |

so, generating everything possible is.. fine, but - how to pick which ones are of use ? be it music or certificates or combination of atoms..