Musical robots and listening machines

Abstract

Imagine being enraptured at the performance of a hotly tipped band, 'The Alan Turing Five', an epic fusion of thrash drumming, vocoded belting and virtuosic three-fingered guitar playing evoking a longing for a bygone age. Yet after the show, an ugly rumour spreads amongst the audience that even leads once-satisfied punters to demand their money back. All the personalities you observed on stage were really robot simulacra; no wonder they played so fast!