There's An AI That's Making Music to Improve Your Brain Function

Or to be more specific, they hope to alter your mind with music…music that is composed by an AI (but more on that later). Hewett describes the work as "Auditory brain stimulation," which is a mechanism that relies on something known as "brain entrainment" (also known as "neural entrainment"). This is a novel--and somewhat unconventional--theory that is centered on how brain waves alter in response to acoustic stimulation (sound). The basic idea is that certain sounds evoke very specific responses in the brain. In other words, listening to music can alter, or induce, certain neural oscillations--oscillations that can achieve a host of things, such as altered mood, decreased anxiety, or improved focus. Notably, those who advocate neural entrainment assert that these acoustic-induced alterations can be seen and analyzed via electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements, which is, of course, where the science comes in.