BLACK STONE CHERRY’s BEN WELLS Understands Why A.I. ‘Could Be Scary For Certain People’ In Music Industry [Video]

In a new interview with TotalRock‘s “Louder With Ore B” radio show, guitarist Ben Wells of Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY weighed in on a debate about people using artificial intelligence (A.I.) to create music. Asked if he thinks A.I. is affecting his band’s way of making new songs, Ben said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Not us, because… Well, I mean, I don’t know; it’s still somewhat early days in it. A.I. is a cool thing. It can be used in the right way. Just like anything, just like social media, used in the right way, it can be fantastic. Used in the wrong way, it does take away some of the art.”

He continued: “It is scary to think that you can get on a computer and have a computer write a song for you [in a specific style] just like that… It is pretty bizarre that you can do that now. I guess …