“You can’t feed a songwriter’s passion and experiences into a computer,” says Shaun Gallagher of The Black Jackals.
News that the Beatles are using AI to include John Lennon’s voice on a new song marks the latest, and somewhat surprising, chapter, in the technology’s often controversial evolution.
The prospect of the tech-fueled new release more than half a century after the Beatles split has divided fans of the iconic band, with some full of excitement and others, well, a bit unsettled by the whole thing. But what do musicians think about the Beatles’ bold AI move? “Like most new technology AI is most likely a bad concept that will be utilized by the security state for acts of unspeakable evil,” Brian D’Addario of rock band The Lemon Twigs told MarketWatch. “But in the modern landscape of music, most methods of making popular music are completely artificial and mechanical anyway.
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