I know the conversation here has run its course, but I just wanted to add: whether or not Emily Howell is seen as something that “works really well” as an automated system is probably up for debate. It seems to require quite a bit of input from Cope himself in order to come up with sensible, interesting music. For example, one of the most popular pieces from Emily Howell is this fugue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR-_c_uCwI—we really don’t know how much influence Cope had in creating this piece of music, because the process of composition was not transparent at all.
I know the conversation here has run its course, but I just wanted to add: whether or not Emily Howell is seen as something that “works really well” as an automated system is probably up for debate. It seems to require quite a bit of input from Cope himself in order to come up with sensible, interesting music. For example, one of the most popular pieces from Emily Howell is this fugue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR-_c_uCwI—we really don’t know how much influence Cope had in creating this piece of music, because the process of composition was not transparent at all.