Ne-Yo speaks out about the flaws of AI
BlackTechLogy: R&B singer-songwriter challenges mimicking the artist instead of supporting the human artist
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There’s not much I can say that he hasn’t already said. I spoke about my love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence when it comes to facial recognition, deepfake videos, image searches for hiring managers, racial profiling with law enforcement and graphic designers. I see the perks of making monotonous parts of a job more tolerable.
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But as a writer (who likes this title better than “content creator”), I also see how jobs like DataAnnotation with AI is going to put writers who worked hard in their careers to be unemployed.
Now Ne-Yo speaks about this from singer-songwriter’s point of view. Check out this CNN video.
(Side note: Ne-Yo was a delight to interview during my entertainment reporting days. He was exactly how I expected him to be during our phone call. Fan for life!
Recommended Read: "Ne-Yo comes to Chicago Theatre," Chicago Defender, February 25-March 3, 2009
And I’m going to act like I didn’t hear this man say he didn’t know who he was going to vote for yet and just hope he makes the sane decision.)
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