Kasabian highlight the differences between humans and AI on new single, ‘Algorithms’

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Kasabian are back with a brand new track, ‘Algorithms’.Released today (June 16), ‘Algorithms’ isn’t a love letter to the AI boom sweeping the industry.

Instead, it addresses AI’s emergence, highlighting the downside of over-reliance on machines.“Algorithms taking control / The robots taking control believing they have a soul / They’ll never feel love like this,” frontman Serge Pizzorno croons over the track’s chorus.Listen to Kasabian’s ‘Algorithms’ below.Pizzorno doubles down on this, explaining via a press release: “‘Algorithms’ is a song that explores the idea that robots can’t experience emotion and being in the moment, whereas humans can, and that is the beauty that separates us… for now.”The band have also released a gripping lyric video for ‘Algorithms’, for which they collaborated with digital design studio Uncanny. “The track distinguishes the difference between human and machine thought/emotion, so we employed a design process that makes a point of both physical and digital techniques wherever possible,” the studio said via a press statement.Kasabian are in the midst of a UK and Ireland headline tour, which will see them perform three nights at Sea Sessions in Ireland on June 16, 17 and 18.

Following those shows, Kasabian will play a number of festival sets between July and August, including Cornwall’s Eden Sessions on July 1, Leeds’ Sounds Of The City on July 7 and Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival on August 26.You can get your tickets to all of Kasabian’s remaining shows here.June 16 – Ireland – Sea SessionsJune 17 – Ireland – Sea SessionsJune 18 – Ireland – Sea Sessions July 01 – Cornwall – Eden SessionsJuly 07 – Leeds – Sounds Of The CityJuly 08 – Glasgow – TRNSMT FestivalJuly 28 – Derbyshire – Y Not.