> There's a piece of my soul in that thing.
Good for you, but that's none of my business. I don't want to be harsh, but I don't like this kind of emotional manipulation. You're trying to prime me to be buddies with you and cut you some slack.
I have some questions. In what sense is this an AI and not simply a computer program? Did you use methods that are discussed in AI or machine learning textbooks and conferences, or did you simply put the cool label AI on what is essentially "just" a hand crafted algorithm?
I know there is no clear separation as AI is a subset of algorithms, but still I feel some dishonesty going on here.
Also in other comments by the company, I can see the attitude about the science that (not precisely quoted) "we're not sure yet, we're excited to find out" and "give it a try and compare it to other music how it goes for you" etc. Well, no. You're making the claim that there is some solid science going on behind this, that you have more than a dozen studies and you put pretty, science-y charts on the website. Now I'm not saying that it doesn't work, but please show me the peer reviewed randomized double blind studies that show altered brain waves and some significant quantitative change (preferably not only self-reported things about how they "feel"). Preferably there should be different groups: no music, generic pop music, normal ambient music, some baseline of your company's music and finally the specially crafted fully optimized version of your company's music.
Until I can see that, verified also by someone who's not paid by the company, I'll have my doubts.