Ukrainian singer Jerry Heil sharply criticized the mass use of artificial intelligence in the domestic music industry. The performer accused radio stations of filling airwaves with generated songs to save money and called on the authorities to strictly regulate this issue at the legislative level.
The artist wrote about her disappointment with the current state of the market on her own social media pages. According to her, she initially hoped that the development of neural networks would encourage musicians to develop and create a more sincere, "real" product, but reality turned out differently.
The singer was outraged that some market participants are ready to turn radio airwaves into an "AI dumping ground." She noted that instead of paying royalties to real artists, it is easier for stations to generate "flat" tracks and fill their broadcasts with them. The criticism also touched her colleagues in the industry who deliberately use generated, in her words, "cheap polyester sound" in their work.
"There are artists who allow themselves to make this cheap polyester sound part of their music. Instead of going through this path from the first note to the master track. Isn't that the essence of creation? Where is the experience then, where is the joy of development here?" the singer was indignant.
According to the artist, the lack of state regulation leads to the degradation of listeners' cultural needs. She emphasized that in Ukraine it is necessary to legislatively ban the rotation of algorithm-generated compositions, since this destroys the economy of the sector and destroys the industry itself. As a reference point, the singer cited the example of Australia, where they have already begun fighting the dominance of AI music.
"I am so angry. Ukraine must ban AI rotation on radio, this is unacceptable, it kills the economy, destroys the industry, shapes the taste and level of cultural need of generations and the people as a whole. This needs to be strictly controlled, as has already been done in Australia. For now I believe that this will happen," the performer concluded.
It should be noted that the problem of artificial intelligence in the music industry is currently the subject of fierce legal battles around the world. With the advent of publicly available neural network generators such as Suno or Udio, global record labels began mass litigation against AI startups. Technology companies are accused of illegally using copyrighted works to train algorithms.