Ever been to a club where every song sounds the same? Sure, the melody is catchy, but it doesn't stir any emotion. "You tend to like what you hear a few times and this familiarity over time makes you comfortable with it. Maybe we're already listening to music written by Artificial Intelligence (AI)." This statement, made perhaps in jest by Mumbai-based multi-instrumentalist Shirish Malhotra — days before he heads to Armenia to be part of the first-of-its-kind 100 plus-member WCIT (World Congress of Information Technology) orchestra in Armenia — makes us question the songs we've been browsing through in the recent past. What if?

Well, 33-year-old Malhot­ra, who will be one of the In­dian representatives at this concert compri­s­ing musicians fr­om 14 countries and the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, will get a taste of AI music as they perform an AI pre-composed WCIT anthem and a real-time composition on October 6.