Video: Huawei added artificial intelligence to Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony"

Huawei used the Mate 20 Pro smartphone to complete Symphony No. 8, written by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert in 1822.

Only the first and second parts of this symphony, the third and the fourth, do not feature. exist only in complete form.

To complete the symphony of the first stage, developed by specialists in Chinese society, the neural network analyzed 90 works in Schubert's MIDI format in order to understand the main motifs and structure of his works. Then, the model studied by composers, which, according to the experts, influenced Schubert. This allowed the richer context to work, the developers said. In the last step, the experienced algorithm analyzed the pitch, timbre, and size of the two existing parts of Symphony No. 8 and on their basis, as well as the available "bag of knowledge," generated melodies for them. third and fourth fragments.

The treatment of the results of the work of II was engaged The composer Lucas Kantor, winner of an Emmy Award and responsible for the animation of DreamWorks. His task was to correct mistakes in the melodies, add "more emotions" and create an orchestral score. For this, the composer took 30 days. According to him, without the help of artificial intelligence, it would not have been possible to create a similar job for such a short period.

"The machine could not finish the job without me, but I would hardly have written something like this without such a great framework," says Cantor.

The premiere of the final version of Symphony No. 8 took place on February 4 at the Cadogan Hall London Concert Hall. The work lasted 48 minutes. The duration of the first and second parts of the composition is 27 minutes.

Although the project was conceived as a demonstration of the power of the Kirin 980 processor equipped with a flagship smartphone and the scalable nature of Huawei's neural network software, it clearly illustrates the potential of the project. use of artificial intelligence in various areas of creation. 19659002]

Previously, Facebook had created an artificial intelligence to understand memes. The system will help moderators find offensive content and hate speech, as well as classify photos in the news feed.

Reminder, "Public" has launched a 24 hour classical music show. The project authors promise to introduce free apps for Android and iOS soon