“AI should be putting mufflers on cars, not doing art for us”: Wolfgang Van Halen slams AI use in music
With the widespread adoption of AI, artists have different levels of acceptance when it comes to its use in music. Some say it’s very much here to stay and should be embraced – like ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, who recently called the technology “unstoppable” – while others think we should pump the brakes.
Wolfgang Van Halen, for example, hasn’t pulled any punches when it comes to his thoughts on the matter, and even goes as far as to say generative AI is “dumb”.
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In a new interview with Springfield, Missouri’s Q102 radio station, the Mammoth leader and multi-instrumentalist explains [via Blabbermouth]: “I think generative AI is really stupid. I just think it’s dumb. I think it’s a waste of time.
“I think AI should be putting mufflers on cars, not doing art for us. But other people feel differently. That’s how I feel. I think it’s dumb. I think it’s just – I don’t know – it’s not my thing.”
When pressed on the fact that some record labels are increasingly leaning on AI, WVH responds: “Yeah, it’s lame. Well, you know why? ‘Cause it allows you to pay less people.
“All the people at the top see the line go up because they’re paying less people to do more work with less money. It’s kind of the way – every industry is, unfortunately, like [that] at the end of the day, which sucks. It’s never really about what’s being made. It’s how quickly you can make it and shovel it out to people.”
Despite Wolfgang’s stance on artificial intelligence, it hasn’t stopped the topic of AI from entering the Van Halen world.
Last year, it was revealed that drummer Alex Van Halen had reached out to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, to analyse “the patterns of how Edward would have played something” in hopes of generating new Eddie Van Halen riffs and solos.
That touches on a whole other issue entirely, mind, as Wolfgang Van Halen has repeatedly expressed his reservations – and even refusal – to posthumously release banked EVH riffs and ideas.
Elsewhere in the Van Halen world, vocalist Sammy Hagar recently called out Alex Van Halen, accusing him of “not doing his brother’s musical legacy justice” for leaving out his era of Van Halen in his book, Brothers.
Wolfgang Van Halen is set to release his new album with his band Mammoth, The End, next month. Listen to its title track below:
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