Constructive comment first: as a piece of music/art, I find this quite enjoyable to listen to!
> "In a state of frustration, they don't look for a 'middle,' but ignore one of the inputs. This is a critical phenomenon that is changing the dynamics of the network. Human networks are able to change their inner structure in order to reach a better solution than what's possible in existing models."
This may be true of trained musicians (who have to deal with this kind of thing in ensemble playing. I'm reminded of when I've volunteered in less experienced or youth orchestras), but I would be careful to extrapolate or expect similar results in other human systems.
My biggest gripe here is that I find it incredibly distracting when videos of string players do not sync the video to the sound they produced. You can easily notice it when a single violinist changes bow direction and the sound doesn't change. In a study and art piece about synchronization, syncing video to audio is pretty crucial!
> My biggest gripe here is that I find it incredibly distracting when videos of string players do not sync to the video to the sound they produced. You can easily notice it when a single violinist changes bow direction and the sound doesn't change. In a study and art piece about synchronization, syncing video to audio is pretty crucial!
Could this have to do with the structure of the experiment? Since they’re playing “together” (physically) but are hearing each other play on a delay I would imagine only one player in the video could sync with the audio?
> "In a state of frustration, they don't look for a 'middle,' but ignore one of the inputs. This is a critical phenomenon that is changing the dynamics of the network. Human networks are able to change their inner structure in order to reach a better solution than what's possible in existing models."
This may be true of trained musicians (who have to deal with this kind of thing in ensemble playing. I'm reminded of when I've volunteered in less experienced or youth orchestras), but I would be careful to extrapolate or expect similar results in other human systems.
My biggest gripe here is that I find it incredibly distracting when videos of string players do not sync the video to the sound they produced. You can easily notice it when a single violinist changes bow direction and the sound doesn't change. In a study and art piece about synchronization, syncing video to audio is pretty crucial!