The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

computer music. Wang works at Stanford ... We talk a lot about what it means to be creative, and even human, in a world filled with technology meant to make everything more efficient, less ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...

In short, arguing that the majority of people no longer enjoy making music is symptomatic of an industry hellbent on eliminating as much of the human element from creative endeavors as possible ...

"Whale song is not a language; it lacks semantic meaning. It may be more reminiscent of human music, which also has this statistical structure, but lacks the expressive meaning found in language." ...

Fiona Torre The new album is called The Human Fear. What are you afraid of when it comes to music industry matters? “There are a lot of fears facing musicians. The primary one is historic and ...

On the other hand, humpback whale song could be comparable to human music, which also lacks semantic meaning while still adhering to Zipf’s law. But that doesn’t make the study less exciting.