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AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity‪?‬ Radio Davos

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For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells us the definition of an artist: someone whose work "speaks to the souls of a million strangers".
But what if generative AI can make music that's just as good? Is AI a threat or a blessing to art and human expression?
We also hear from the head of the Hollywood actors' union on why moviemakers went on strike over the threat posed by AI. And from Refik Anadol, a leading light in AI-generated art.
Guests: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA
Refik Anadol, Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio
Nile Rodgers, musician and founder of the We Are Family Foundation
Watch: Nile Rodgers interview: https://www.weforum.org/videos/ai-nile-rodgers/
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For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells us the definition of an artist: someone whose work "speaks to the souls of a million strangers".
But what if generative AI can make music that's just as good? Is AI a threat or a blessing to art and human expression?
We also hear from the head of the Hollywood actors' union on why moviemakers went on strike over the threat posed by AI. And from Refik Anadol, a leading light in AI-generated art.
Guests: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA
Refik Anadol, Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio
Nile Rodgers, musician and founder of the We Are Family Foundation
Watch: Nile Rodgers interview: https://www.weforum.org/videos/ai-nile-rodgers/
Podcasts: What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments
AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?
AM24: The Expanding Universe of Generative Models
'AI will either compete with us or augment us' - so how do we pick the right path?
Davos 2024: Technology in a Turbulent World
AI - What could possibly go wrong?: Professor Stuart Russell
Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:
YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts
Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164
Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560
Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552
Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

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