KISS bassist Gene Simmons recently appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” Morgan asked Simmons about artificial intelligence and if he’s “excited or worried” about it as it relates to the music business.
Simmons expressed his concerns with the lack of legislation on AI.
“Music business aside, I am concerned about the lack of legislation. When you enter a new, let’s say a new planet, you’re about to land on a new [planet], well, clearly there’s opportunity there, there are minerals and things — all kinds of opportunities. Without rules of the game… It’s like playing sports without rules. Who’s gonna do what? You need some rules that are kind and beneficial to mankind, womankind, transkind, all kinds of kinds. Okay, does that cover everybody?”
Simmons went on: “The problem with AI is not… AI is here, whether you like it or not. So let’s look at it smartly and let’s pass legislation. AI creates a song using my voice, or what sounds like my voice, with a new song, and it sounds just like me and it definitely sounds like that kind of a thing. So when you buy it, who owns the copyright and the publishing, if AI did that? So, is it me, because it sounds like me? You could swear it was me. So these are uncharted territories.”
Morgan also asked Simmons if he cared if AI uses his voice to create a new song. In typical business-first fashion, Simmons replied: “We can make a deal.”
KISS is winding down their “End Of The Road” world tour which is set to conclude with two shows at Madison Square Garden in December.
