On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:08:53AM -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi David, > > > The whole point is that a computer, left to its own devices, would never > > think of playing the violin or chess. It would sit in a corner and rust. > > With all due respect, I don't even think that's the point -- for > at some future date, there will undoubtedly be a computer which, > left to its own devices, *would* think of playing the violin or > chess rather than sitting in a corner and rusting.
Actually, I doubt that. What I expect is that at some future date (say, 100 years), if you have told your computer to entertain you, it will decide to create a virtual string quartet, performing new music composed in the style of Dvorak. Whereas for me, it might create a virtual jpop singer with invisible backup band (a la Miku videos), and for my best friend in high school, it might create a virtual quake CXI game where he plays against other people over the 'net. The basic point is: I can't imagine a computer just deciding to start playing, but I can totally imagine a computer deciding that you would like it to start playing. The computer may or may not be correct, but I'd guess that if it wasn't at least 99% correct, most people would turn off the "automatically select entertainment" option. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user