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Joe Rogan absolutely loves AI-generated music.
For the past few months, the podcaster has been drooling like a pig over AI-generated covers of rapper 50 Cent, and finding any excuse to play them for his guests, which have included such legends. carrot Top And Andrew SchultzIt’s gotten so out of hand with some of their fans He has started to get angry about how he keeps covering A.I.,
“You have to hear this,” Rogan said on one occasion. “This is nonsense Good Dude,” he said on the second one. It’s the kind of enthusiastic endorsement you might hear from a friend showing you a ‘super underrated’ band that ‘no one knows about’ yet, but Rogan is putting it down to a lack of AI.
Most of the time, guests nod or even share Rogan’s enthusiasm, but not all.
When Rogen tried to discuss AI music with actress Katee Sackhoff during an interview In October, he got a bit of a shock – and his reaction during the exchange, which recently aired onlineWas telling.
At first, Rogan jokingly suggested that AI could make music better than humans, and Sackhoff was having none of it.
“Stop it. If AI makes music it will never get better,” the “Battlestar Galactica” and “Longmire” actress said. “You broke my soul.”
“AI is making some really cool music,” Rogan said.
Sackhoff smiled. “It’s also making some great podcasts,” he retorted.
Rogan’s blabbering stopped in its tracks.
“I-” he stammered. “I don’t know about it,” he said, before suddenly changing the subject and expressing great skepticism about AI technology.
This is the hypocrisy of your average AI, brother. It’s all fun and games that sees technology robbing art and putting people out of jobs – until it’s threatened to change. YouObviously.
However, Rogan was not to be deterred. He later asked Sackhoff to listen to one of his favorite songs: an AI’s take on what a “soul cover” of 50 Cent’s track “What Up Gangsta” would sound like. According to Rogan, the AI version turned out to be “better than the original”.
Sackhoff, although impressed with the technique, was not so sure. “I would love to see it in person,” she said, adding that the AI cover “robbed” the rapper of the opportunity to create a track in a similar style.
“I know what you’re saying, but that’s my point. My point is that it cheats on me and I know the trick,” Rogan replied. “I know it’s a trick, and I don’t care.”
In essence, Rogan is admitting that he is self-aware enough that he knows he is being served tasteless food, but he doesn’t have such high standards that it will prevent him from enjoying it.
This was not the only time a guest criticized him for his AI parody tunes. He also performed a cover of “What’s Up Gangsta” with former evolutionary biology professor and podcaster Brett Weinstein. in an episode last monthBut could not go very far.
“It’s great,” Rogan said of the singing AI.
“It depends what you mean by good,” Weinstein replied, making a face.
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