Farley: AI isn’t taking jobs. People are choosing to replace humans with AI
December 24, 2025 • 5m 24s
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i
want
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
AI
first
you're
really
focused
on
AI
when
it
comes
to
entertainment
specifically
the
music
business
you
say
when
it
comes
to
AI
the
real
question
is
will
it
be
ethical
efficient
and
will
it
undercut
short
term
or
long-term
innovation
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before
we
get
dig
into
the
music
part
of
it
i
want
to
talk
broadly
what
do
you
mean
by
that
i
mean
isn't
AI
the
innovation
itself
C.J. Farley (Author)
00:20.170
yeah
i
think
that's
really
the
essential
question
that
people
need
to
ask
themselves
i
think
we
also
need
to
examine
our
language
on
this
subject
people
often
talk
about
how
AI
is
taking
away
jobs
and
that's
not
really
what's
happening
what's
really
happening
is
that
companies
C.J. Farley (Author)
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managers
owners
are
making
the
decision
to
have
AI
take
away
jobs
AI
is
making
decisions
it's
actually
the
owners
of
the
companies
that
are
making
the
decisions
and
once
we
think
about
things
from
that
point
of
view
then
things
begin
to
make
more
sense
this
is
something
that's
C.J. Farley (Author)
00:55.430
been
going
on
in
the
music
industry
for
many
many
years
there's
been
debates
about
tech
and
ownership
i
remember
interviewing
the
musician
prince
back
in
nineteen
ninety
nine
and
he
told
me
then
he
didn't
want
me
to
tape
his
voice
because
he
was
concerned
about
what
future
C.J. Farley (Author)
01:12.070
technology
might
do
to
manipulate
his
voice
because
he
didn't
know
who
would
own
it
how
they
might
change
it
and
so
he'd
rather
not
be
on
a
tape
recording
from
a
reporter
so
this
is
something
that's
been
under
discussion
for
a
long
time
but
now
i
think
the
rubbers
hit
the
road
C.J. Farley (Author)
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and
it's
time
to
deal
with
it
in
a
more
direct
way
yeah
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01:31.350
prince
a
visionary
when
he
came
to
music
and
apparently
technology
because
we
are
in
a
world
right
now
where
we're
seeing
AI
generated
artists
people
manipulating
people
through
AI
like
a
tupac
had
a
song
out
with
drake
a
little
bit
ago
it
was
an
AI
version
of
tupac
but
we're
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01:45.950
also
seeing
just
genuine
original
like
it's
hard
to
say
it's
original
because
it's
obviously
information
source
but
AI
artists
on
the
charts
right
now
what
does
that
say
about
the
value
of
human
work
going
forward
when
something
that's
really
a
passion
when
we're
talking
about
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music
and
supposed
to
be
a
real
human
expression
is
now
being
i
guess
disrupted
by
AI
C.J. Farley (Author)
02:04.670
yeah
well
i
think
that
the
entertainment
industry
is
a
good
test
case
to
to
how
far
AI
can
be
pushed
because
you
know
the
entertainment
industry
is
seen
as
a
very
creative
industry
creativity
is
at
the
heart
of
success
and
innovation
and
and
and
being
respectable
in
the
music
C.J. Farley (Author)
02:23.110
industry
and
in
the
entertainment
industry
so
if
AI
can
be
used
to
replace
human
creativity
then
that's
a
good
test
case
because
they
can
do
it
in
other
industries
as
well
well
and
many
people
in
the
entertainment
industry
seem
to
be
taking
up
these
positions
on
AI
either
one
C.J. Farley (Author)
02:40.830
they're
cutting
deals
you
know
disney
recently
recent
agreement
with
open
AI
to
license
its
characters
to
sora
hip
hop
producer
timberland
he's
now
helping
to
produce
fully
AI
generated
products
that
will
sing
and
dance
and
make
music
videos
then
there
are
others
who
are
who
are
C.J. Farley (Author)
03:00.470
saying
well
maybe
we
can
use
this
as
a
as
a
marketing
tool
for
instance
iheartradio
is
now
putting
out
the
idea
that
they're
guaranteed
human
and
that
if
you
will
not
hear
AI
generated
podcasts
or
musicians
on
their
airways
and
that's
something
they're
using
as
a
as
a
as
part
of
C.J. Farley (Author)
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their
marketing
and
finally
people
like
james
cameron
who
are
saying
listen
pushing
for
a
sort
of
a
middle
ground
saying
AI
might
be
part
of
our
workflow
in
the
future
but
we've
always
got
to
have
things
rooted
in
human
performances
and
we
see
that
in
his
avatar
movies
where
C.J. Farley (Author)
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everything
is
performance
capture
is
he's
not
using
fully
AI
generated
generated
characters
because
he
always
wants
to
have
room
for
the
human
and
what
he
does
so
we're
going
to
see
more
and
more
artists
entertainment
companies
and
others
stake
out
one
of
those
three
positions
C.J. Farley (Author)
03:50.950
as
we
move
forward
with
AI
innovation
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all
right
so
CJ
i
want
to
go
back
to
your
book
very
quickly
who
knows
you
by
heart
it's
a
fictional
book
but
clearly
it's
informed
by
some
of
your
personal
experiences
and
some
of
the
things
that
you've
been
learning
and
reporting
on
is
there
any
theme
in
this
book
that
you
see
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potentially
playing
out
in
real
life
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