During an interview with T3 published in May this year, Cole compared tribute bands to artificial intelligence, dubbing cover music as “a sort of analog AI”. Latest Videos From Guitar World Watch full video here:“When the Telecaster came out, it was polarising,” he began. I actually believe cover music has been sort of analog AI for a long time.” To boil cover music down to “analog AI” is clumsy at best. Regardless, the wording of Cole’s comments concerning cover music specifically hasn’t escaped criticism from the guitar community.