“Whether [AI is] art or not, I think, is nearly a philosophical debate,” the singer said. “It can’t create something based on a human experience. So I don’t know if it meets the definition of art.”
Recently, the Financial Times reported that Google and Universal Music are in talks to license musicians’ melodies and voices for AI-generated songs.
Not all musicians, however, are against AI meddling in their industry. As Breitbart News previously reported, singer and former Elon Musk girlfriend Grimes has okayed the use of her voice in AI-generated songs, promising 50 percent royalties to anyone who achieves success with an AI-generated song using her voice.
During his interview with BBC, Hozier also discussed the recent death of fellow Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor. The musician noted that he is “walking on this road that she paved,” referring to O’Connor’s criticism of the Catholic Church.
Hozier, whose “Take Me to Church” song is also a criticism of the Catholic Church, pointed out that it’s more acceptable to attack the Catholic Church today than it was in the past.