Alex Galbraith on Artificial Intelligence

Statements and actions by Alex Galbraith on this topic.

Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: August 6, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: August 6, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: August 6, 2026

Condemned

1 published statement. Dates: August 6, 2026

1 statement on this page. Dates: August 6, 2026

Alex Galbraith

Role at the time: Senior writer publishing signed cultural commentary in Salon

August 6, 2026Condemned

Responding to

Boy George remained the song’s author because he wrote its lyrics and melody and used AI as a creative collaborator.

"The fact that no one made it, that it’s the creation of a machine, only intensifies the sick, empty feeling."

Why we used this label

The signed commentary directly condemns both the AI process and the resulting claim to artistic creation.

Alex Galbraith argues AI did the creative work on Boy George’s track

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Signed commentary arguing that human effort in performance, arrangement, recording, and mixing is part of authorship and was displaced by AI.

Our account of this statement has been corrected. 1 correction

Read statement Did Boy George remain the author of an AI-generated song?