In a recent interview with House Culture, legendary house producer Kerri Chandler shared his perspective on artificial intelligence in music. Rather than taking a strictly pro- or anti-AI position, he sees it as another creative tool that can be used for good or bad.
Kerri Chandler believes the real issue with AI isn't necessarily the technology itself, but how honestly artists use it. He argues that producers should be transparent about AI-generated music instead of taking full credit for something they didn't actually create.
For Chandler, taking credit for work you didn't do is a serious problem, particularly when it involves drawing from other artists' creativity. His concern raises a growing question in the music industry: where is the line between using technology to create something new and exploiting someone else's work?
"It needs to be policed the same way that sampling was." Kerri Chandler compares AI to sampling, another technology that transformed music production while raising questions about ownership, copyright and compensation. His argument suggests AI needs similar oversight to protect the artists whose work contributes to the music.
House music has always evolved alongside technology, from drum machines and synthesizers to samplers and digital production software. AI may be another chapter in that evolution. But as Kerri Chandler suggests, innovation shouldn't come at the expense of artistic integrity. So where should we draw the line between human creativity and artificial intelligence?
