The First AI-generated Song Was Written in 1951 - Apparently.
In 1951, a computer program written by a British engineer named Ian Beers composed a 20-minute music piece called "Computer Cantata." Beers used a teleprinter to control a magnetic tape recorder, generating a series of notes and rhythms that formed a coherent melody. Although the piece was not widely recognized at the time, it marked the first instance of an AI-generated musical composition. Beers' achievement predates the development of modern music composition software by decades, making it a fascinating footnote in the history of artificial intelligence.