Snoop Dogg Says A.I. Music Is "Outta Hand"

Snoop Dogg says that A.I. generated music is getting out of hand. The legendary rapper shared his opinion on the technology while posting a video of A.I. Michael Jackson doing a cover of C-Murder’s hit song “Down 4 My N’s.”

“This shit is outta hand,” Snoop wrote in the Instagram post while adding in the caption, “Wow.” "I’ve done a lot of things in my life I’m not proud of. But I ain’t done nothing bad enough to deserve hearing this," one fan commented on Snoop's post. "Proving AI can’t beat actual tangible human talent," another wrote.

Snoop is far from the first artist to comment on the rise of A.I. music in recent weeks. Young Guru called for government regulation in response to the technology to protect the rights of artists. "On one hand I’m well aware that you can’t stop technology. Once the genie is out of the box you can put him back in,” Guru wrote on social media. “On the other hand we have to protect the rights of the artist. Not only artist but everyone in society. People should not be able to take your Name, Image and Likeness without permission. We have to add the voice to this law. We have to learn from past mistakes. You would be a fool to chase every person that is going to do this. We learned that lesson with Napster. The only way I see to deal with it is to change the law. There are so many different opinions. We could change the United States law tomorrow but the internet is world wide. What a time we live in!!”

Other A.I. songs to go viral in recent weeks include a collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd, as well as a song by an A.I. JAY-Z. While many artists have voiced their discomfort with the idea of A.I. music, others have embraced it. JoJo praised the technology, last week, while Grimes has also encouraged fans to use her voice so long as she gets a share of the profits.

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