SZA feels 'at war' because of the rise of AI in music, and feels the technology causes particular problems for Black artists
SZA has slammed the rise in aI in the music industry.
SZA feels like she is "at war" because of the rise of AI in music, and she feels the technology is causing particular problems for Black artists.
The Save the Day singer is concerned about the use of artificial intelligence being used to create songs, and is "really offended" by the sound of certain tracks that have been produced using AI.
She told i-D magazine: “I feel like I’m at war because of AI.
“It’s happening disproportionately with Black music.
“Why am I hearing AI covers of Olivia Dean, when Olivia Dean just came the f***out? She can’t even collect the streams.
"I’m also really offended by the type of Black music that’s coming out of AI. Weird, stereotypical struggle music.
“I’m not up against the pop girls. I’m not up against the R and B girls. I’m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy. The type of blend of information my human experience provides, AI can’t even be prompted to f*** with. I want to just let this angst drive me into bizarre directions.”
The 36-year-old singer is worried about how "fractured and fragmented" society has become.
She said: “I feel aggressively Black right now.
"It’s so scary to realise that we’re so deeply unprepared and fractured and fragmented as a society. The veil is down and anything is happening. We aren’t empowered by a sense of community and solidarity. We don’t have it.”
