Wendy Zuckerman

Well, we are still learning a lot.

This virus has thrown us a real curveball with this asymptomatic thing.

But that doesn't mean we can't take a swing here.

Since we know that people can spread this virus even when they don't feel sick, and we think that it's not rare for asymptomatic people to be wandering around, it means that it is going to be harder to control this virus.

And it makes some fundamental stuff that we've been talking about on this show for a while even more important.

We need to make sure that people can get tested.

We need to make sure that we're tracking down everyone who has this and the people they come in contact with.

But with all the unknowns here, one thing is for sure.

This virus is going to keep being a huge pain in the ass for a while yet.

Today, what happens when a computer tries to make the perfect pop song?

What does it sound like?

Well, to find out, here's what a team of nerds from Australia did.

First, they taught a computer algorithm what pop music was by feeding it samples of songs from this very cheesy but very wonderful European pop music competition called Eurovision.

Then the team taught the computer what lyrics are by giving it a bunch of words from pop songs.

Finally, for a bit of a homespun sound, they added into the mix some Aussie noises like koalas.

Yeah, this is what a koala can sound like.

The algorithm took those koala sounds and turned it into this jam.

And then lyrics were added, which transformed the koala noises and made a brand new song.

And humans did intervene a bit.

They made sure that the words were in an order that made sense.