T.I. has admitted he’s still uneasy about AI being used in music, though a conversation with Dr. Dre has made him rethink things a bit.
On a recent episode of the Atlanta rapper’s expediTIously podcast, guest Dallas Austin asked T.I. where he stands on AI music.
“I think it’s dangerous, and initially I have been emphatically against it,” the “Live Your Life” rapper said. “I will say I talked to Dr. Dre and you know he was telling me about producing for Bruce Springsteen and he’s telling me that he’s using some AI stuff.”
“You still have to work be talented and programming to do what you want it to do,” he added, describing the technology as “an advantage.”
“And it’s almost like if everyone else has access to it and they’re using it and you’re not, then you’re going to be left out. And you’re going to be left behind,” he continued.
The entertainer also brought up AI artist Xania Monet, a creation of poet Telisha “Nikki” Jones, whom his wife, Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris, had wanted to sign.
“She’s writing the songs and she trained it with her voice, but you know, that ain’t exactly how she look and probably ain’t exactly how she sound,” T.I. said. “But it’s still her. She’s writing the music. So I think that to me is like, ‘Aight.'”
Earlier this week, Monet stirred controversy after dropping a diss track aimed at Kehlani and Jermaine Dupri, both of whom had publicly criticized the artist’s existence.
