Daily Times

Music maestro has voiced concern over misuse of Artificial Intelligence in music industry and stressed measures to check its flagrant use.

He has urged for a restrictive measure to limit the use of AI misuse that puts the creativity of many industries at risk.

In an interview with The Week, Rahman talked about making song remixes and re-imaginations, and also how he is not one with this trend.

He then added that he felt the misuse of AI was a greater issue than thought. In the same interview, he called AI evil and said, “An even bigger evil is people misusing AI and not paying the composer even if they are borrowing his style.

“We need to bell this cat because it could lead to major ethical issues. People could lose jobs.”

Although he did admit that AI has its perks but emphasised composing a tune still takes a “human heart and philosophical mind”. Several creators are using AI tools to create songs in different voices, which begs the question of ethics, copywriting and creative ownership.

Rahman earlier used AI to recreate the voices of late singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for the song “Thimiri Yezhuda” in Lal Salam. However, the composer said that he had sought permission from the singers’ family members and remuneration was also sent for the same.

Rahman’s most recent work includes the music created for Tamil film Raayan and Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila, both highly applauded and had chartbuster songs. His upcoming work will be seen in Chhava and Thug Life.