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Multi-Grammy Award winning American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer Shaffer Chimere Smith, known professionally as Ne-Yo, has revealed he has no quarrel with AI.
This is as long as the music industry comes up with strict laws and compensation rights to help safeguard artists and their crafts.
On whether he thinks AI in music is going to have a detrimental effect on creatives finances and the money they pocket in the long run, the RnB superstar said he was not worried even a little bit for himself as he strongly feels no machinery can mimic what he does.
While responding to the question posed by TMZ's paparazzi the 'Miss Independent' crooner voiced, "Maybe not in my career because there is no AI that can do exactly what I do, so you will always have to come to the original.
But I feel if it is not regulated properly then yes it could. If it is not governed and released properly then it could,"
He went on to highlight the importance of policies being set in place considering the fact that AI can replicate someone's likeness and voice then there should be stringent measures to ensure the person being copied one, is well protected and two, well compensated considering the fact that there would be no inspo without them.
In the case of the artist being deceased, like the way Drake used Tupac's voice in his now pulled down diss track directed towards Kendrick Lamar, Ne-Yo observed the importance of communicating with the artist's family or estate to get permission and see how they also could benefit from the work you're about to release.
His message to AI creators who are thinking of trying to produce a Ne-Yo inspired track or dupe?
"If you're gonna mimic me, do your best... 'cause I do what I do," the 'So Sick' hitmaker proudly said.
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