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Statements and actions by Alex Galbraith on this topic.
Public disputes involving music, musicians, performances, recordings, distribution, and musical authorship.
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1 statement on this page. Dates: August 6, 2026
1 matching statement. Dates: August 6, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: August 6, 2026
Role at the time: Senior writer publishing signed cultural commentary in Salon
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."
The signed commentary directly condemns both the AI process and the resulting claim to artistic creation.
Signed commentary arguing that human effort in performance, arrangement, recording, and mixing is part of authorship and was displaced by AI.
