The Offspring’s Dexter Holland believes “AI is here to stay” and you can either “use it for good or use it for evil”.
The ‘Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)’ rockers have had their say on the divisive technology and while they would consider using it to “change a sound”, they insist it can never replace humans.
Appearing on French radio station Oüi FM, frontman Dexter Holland, 58, said: “I think [AI] is here to stay.
“I understand that it’s very confusing and scary. And it gives people anxiety.
“And the technology of it’s getting better where you [go], ‘Is that person really saying what I think they’re saying or is that just a projection or something that’s not real? And so that stuff we’re all gonna have to sort through, but I think it is here to stay.”
He continued: “And I think it will end up being like other kinds of technology where people can use it for good or they can use it for evil, and we’re gonna have to sort that out.”
Quizzed on whether they would use artificial intelligence as a band, Dexter quipped: “Oooh. Maybe I don’t have to be there. I could be at home watching TV.”
Guitarist Noodles, 61, said: “Well, if we did, we would only use it to change a sound. I mean, we have different guitar sounds, chorus pedals, things like that, that change the sound of things.”
The Offspring agree with Eagles star Joe Walsh, 77, that AI is no match for a rock star.
Noodles added: “So I think it would just be for that. And in that regard, I don’t think it’s a bad thing. When kids are using it to write term papers or bands are using it to try to write their own music… First of all, I think it’s gonna fall flat. I don’t think you’re gonna do well with that
“I love what Joe Walsh of James Gang and The Eagles said about it. He said he’s not worried about AI. AI can’t throw a television set out of a hotel window. A.I. is not getting laid. Until A.I. can do that stuff, it’s not a problem, yeah.”