Joe Rogan
AI-generated music (especially covers by real artists) “is really good,” says Rogan, who shares it repeatedly with millions of people. But AI podcasts? “I don’t know…”
The North American Joe Rogan is the author of the most listened to podcast in the world — every episode of his program, The Joe Rogan Experiencehas an average of 11 million listeners. In these episodes, the UFC commentator has been regularly enthusiastic about music generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
In recent months, Rogan has found any excuse on what is Spotify’s biggest podcast for the fifth consecutive year to show guests versions of songs created by AI, and the insistence has begun to irritate part of his audience, who complain of hearing him repeat episode after episode.
An example of this was the conversation with actress Katee Sackhoff, recorded in October. During the interview, Rogan jokingly suggested that AI could make better music than humans. But Sackhoff ‘cut’ it right away.
“Stop it. It will never be better if AI makes the music,” said the actress from Battlestar Galactica: “You just broke my heart.”
But Rogan insisted that the technology most talked about around the world is already producing “very good music”. And that’s when ‘the pig twisted its tail’, with the artist’s counterattack. Because if AI makes really good music, “He’s also making great podcasts”, he said.
“I…” stammered Rogan. “I don’t know, no”. And changed the subject.
for those that wanted to see the clip of him being genuinely annoyed at the suggestion ai podcasts are good after he spends time glazing ai music lol
— onion person (@CantEverDie)
Despite the confrontation, Rogan ended up making Sackhoff listen to one of his favorite tracks: an AI-generated version that recreates rapper 50 Cent’s rap “What Up Gangsta” in soul form. Rogan argues that the artificial version was “better than the original”. And the reader, what do you think?
A original:
The IA version:
After all, they are tastes, of course. Sackhoff admitted to being impressed by the technology, but lamented the loss of authenticity, and this view will be more common, even among those who don’t like 50 Cent’s hip-hop version. The actress confesses: she prefers to see something “live” and the cover “robbed” the artist of the opportunity to explore that style for herself, in her own way, with her identity.
Rogan’s public fascination with AI before Sackhoff was not unique. In another conversation, with Bret Weinstein, former professor of evolutionary biology and also a podcaster, Joe Rogan once again praised the same AI-generated music.
