AI erodes our humanity while elites profit from war – Roger Waters

The legendary musician says Big Tech manipulation and military confrontation stem from the same pursuit of power Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has warned that artificial intelligence and social media are eroding people’s ability to think and feel, while powerful interests exploit technology, politics and war for profit.Speaking to RT on Wednesday, the veteran musician welcomed Australia’s decision to bar fully AI-generated songs from its music charts, saying streaming platforms have already gutted musicians’ livelihoods with minuscule royalties while concentrating ownership and profits in the hands of Big Tech.“So that piracy has almost destroyed everything. But if they are then allowed to use AI to produce fodder for their very tame audience who pays so much a month to get any music that they want from anywhere… Unfortunately, we know that a large number of that audience won’t be able to tell the difference between AI and Pink Floyd, or Neil Young, or Bob Dylan, or The Beatles or anything else.” Waters broadened his criticism beyond the music industry, accusing social media platforms of manipulating users’ emotions and political attitudes through addictive algorithms, while w...