Boy George and more musicians share their opinion of the use of AI

'I have fantastic conversations with ChatGPT': Musicians who have spoken out about the use of AI

Culture Club frontman Boy George recently revealed that he has resorted to AI to help him with songwriting - but his opinion very much goes against the grain on the issue.

Gene Simmons

The KISS rocker previously called for US State-wide and international laws to be brought in now to protect songwriters and musicians from losing their livelihoods to AI.

Speaking to Bloomberg TV, an impassioned Gene said: "AI is a concern if left unregulated. Anything — a beautiful horse that you just bring in, if it runs wild… You’ve got to have some parameters that we control. The government must get a federal law that encompasses all of AI to get some sanity out of this."

Peter Gabriel

The Sledgehammer artist argues that musicians need to find a way to co-exist with AI.

The former Genesis frontman told The Sun newspaper: "AI is about to turn our world upside down and should be able to do all our jobs, including mine, better than we can. So we need to do some urgent thinking and brainstorming about how we can best live with each other and AI in the future."

Sir Brian May

The Queen guitarist fears that it is already "too late" to prevent AI from destroying the music industry as he hit out at the UK Government's plans to make changes to copyright laws.

May blasted the "monstrously arrogant billionaire owners" of AI and social media and thinks it will soon be impossible for artists to be able to "afford to make music".

Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, May said: "My fear is that it’s already too late – this theft has already been performed and is unstoppable, like so many incursions that the monstrously arrogant billionaire owners of Al and social media are making into our lives. The future is already forever changed."

Sir Paul McCartney

The Beatles legend has called for more regulation to protect artists from AI and says the matter is an issue for the UK Government to deal with.

McCartney explained on BBC political show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "You get young guys, girls, coming up, and they write a beautiful song, and they don’t own it, and they don’t have anything to do with it. And anyone who wants can just rip it off ... We’re the people, you’re the government! You’re supposed to protect us. That’s your job. So you know, if you’re putting through a bill, make sure you protect the creative thinkers, the creative artists, or you’re not going to have them."

Dionne Warwick

The Walk On By singer has declared that she will never create music using AI.

Warwick is particularly disgusted by the suggestion AI could allow her to sing a duet with her late cousin Whitney Houston.

Asked if she would ever use AI to duet with old friends such as Michael Jackson or Whitney, the soul legend bluntly replied: "No I wouldn't."