“The firm’s scattershot denial seemed unconvincing, like Mötley Crüe insisting they have no idea what happened to that attaché case of cocaine”: From string demos to fake influencers, AI’s main use case seems to be ‘ruining music’

And given musicians a few new reasons to march on the gated communities of Silicon Valley’s pallid, god-complex princelings. Latest Videos From Guitar World Watch full video here:But what does this have to do with D’Addario? Don’t they make good, honest guitar strings, not insidious lines of code that will lead us to fiery armageddon? With the blogosphere accusing D’Addario of creating the music using AI, the firm’s scattershot, flustered denial – issued over several days – seemed oddly unconvincing, like a frosty-faced Mötley Crüe insisting they honestly have no idea what happened to that attaché case full of cocaine. But he’s just compared cover bands to “a sort of analog AI” (although he’s since rowed back, a bit).