(CNN) — When it comes to artificial intelligence, Sir Paul McCartney doesn’t seem ready to let it pass.
In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme This TuesdayThe legendary musician and former Beatle was asked about AI and how it was used to make his voice sound younger, and to resurrect the voices of band members John Lennon and George Harrison, who died in 1980 and 2001 respectively.
“It’s something we’re all addressing right now and trying to deal with,” McCartney said.
While he’s not much on the Internet, he said he’s aware that AI can be used to do things like make Lennon sing one of his songs, which McCartney said was “a little scary.”
According to McCartney, AI was used to isolate Lennon’s voice from a demo track for “The Beatles: Get Back,” a 2021 Peter Jackson-directed documentary about the production of The Beatles’ 1970 album “Let It Be.”
“So it has big benefits,” McCartney said. “So when we did the last Beatles song, it was a demo that John had, and we worked on it, and we finished it, and it’s going to be released this year, and we were able to take John’s voice. Clean it up with this AI. So, you’re playing the track like you normally would. I was able to blend in.”
AI has “a good side and a scary side,” McCartney added, so “we’ll have to see where it goes.”
