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Ben Rogerson

Could musicians follow Hollywood actors and go on strike over the threat posed by AI? Hozier says that he would “absolutely” join in solidarity

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With Hollywood currently ground to a halt thanks to a strike by both writers and actors, Irish musician Hozier has said that he’d be willing to take similar action in protest at the threat that AI poses to musicians’ livelihoods.

"Joining in solidarity if there was… action on that? Absolutely,” Hozier told the BBC’s Newsnight. Discussing the artistic value of music created by AI, he added: “It can't create something based on a human experience. So I don't know if it meets the definition of art."

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