Is it possible to modulate the behaviour of online discussion threads?

In the digital era that we live in, online discussion has become more and more present in our daily lives and especially on the social media platforms that we frequently use. Whenever we post an image on Instagram or write a twit on Twitter, we start a potential discussion thread. How come is that? When…

DeepBach: Listens to Bach music and writes new one in the same style

Sony Corporation developed a model of polyphonic music generation, which learns to compose chorales in the style of Bach.  This model is capable of producing convincing chorales, even if it is trained with no other data that the 400 chorale sheets by Bach. A key feature is that they are able to constrain the generated chorales in…