'I'm embracing it’: Dr Dre defends AI music and compares it to synths, despite most streaming services ousting slop from their libraries
- AI claims another victim: Dr. Dre admits to using it for music production
- The legendary producer doesn't detail how he uses it, though
- Certain uses could run him afoul of new streaming pushes
Another former musician has admitted to embracing artificial intelligence — Dr. Dre, formerly of N.W.A, has admitted that he uses AI when he's producing music.
In an interview with the New York Times the rapper, who's actually called Andre Romell Young, joined the likes of David Guetta, Timbaland and Grimes in admitting to using AI in their works.
"It's a new tool for creativity," Dre said, "I'm embracing it. I can't wait to see what's going to happen with this." He also repeated a common AI-user talking point, comparing it to drum machines or synthesizers and describing how much of a backlash there was against those now-common tools when they were first introduced.
In the interview, Dr....
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