Sting Forecasts Upcoming Battle Against AI: ‘We Can’t Allow the Machines to Take Over’
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Revered musician Sting is unimpressed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is predicting an upcoming battle against the technology. “The building blocks of music belong to us, to human beings,” the 17-time Grammy winner told the BBC. “That’s going to be a battle we all have to fight in the next couple of years – defending our human capital against AI.” The use of AI is increasingly prevalent in music and last week, U.K.
creative industry chiefs called for regulation in the sector. Recent high profile examples of usage include David Guetta using AI technology to add the “voice” of Eminem to one of his songs; and an apparently artificial-intelligence-generated “collaboration” between “Drake” and “the Weeknd” went viral and was later removed from music streamers after copyright complaints. “It’s similar to the way I watch a movie with CGI.
It doesn’t impress me at all,” Sting told the BBC. “I get immediately bored when I see a computer-generated image. I imagine I will feel the same way about AI making music,” the “Every Breath You Take” singer added. “Maybe for electronic dance music, it works.
But for songs, you know, expressing emotions, I don’t think I will be moved by it.” Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, CEO, U.K. Music had told a U.K.
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