Like the infinite monkeys typing Shakespeare, but with audio instead.

If there was a program that created a series of sounds at random intervals, pitches, amplitudes, etc., how long would it take to produce an output that sounds like music, some sort of recognisable recording (e.g. a bell ring, a dog barking), or perhaps even a human voice?

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If every outcome is equally likely, then the probably of any given outcome is approaching one in infinity...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, that's right. Which means that any specific outcome is essentially impossible to occur. But given infinite time, they all would occur.

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