Get Your Hands Off My Face, Mother……
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been sent links to social media posts featuring an AI deepfake version of me, but with my former teeth and no 8-pack. It’s not a post or a subject I want to take part in, but there are few laws against it. Does that need to change? Jack Antonoff recently shared his thoughts on the use of AI in art and music and I can see where he’s coming from….
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@carlearrye8473
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Sadly Ai is dangerous for jobs etc etc
@richarddearnley9555
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I'lllll (fingers) see you on the AI 🤦♂️
@davidm7237
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Technology keeps introducing new complications. As an aside check out Croatia's Eurovision song entry – very interesting.
@analogmunky2
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I hope your ok Justin, I cant imagine what it would be like to see myself cloned to say whatever someone wishes and for millions of people to see it, I think its quite disturbing and its not me it happened to!
@joefitz7972
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Another classic commentary that only a genius real human could provide – thank you!
@jodiegordon5559
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
You should definitely suiee! Beautiful guitar btw! ❤
@paulbloxham-k5c
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
On the money there. I am an (not famous) illustrator graphic designer. Luckily at 62 I feel it's time to get the oil paints out and say fuck off – I am a happy Luddite.😁
@UnwittingSweater
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
The person who made the AI generative video thought Justin was a Reform voter …… why?
@globalnova
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Surely you don't realllllllllyyyyyyy care too much about this crap. You have a life! Thou shalt ride again! …. again.
@keiranhyre750
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Yeah rolling stones fantastic band
@JezmondoMr
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Well said mate, I hope you can get it all taken down Justin, it's not right! On a lighter note….Ai helped me with a letter asking for a salary increase! It put it in such a gracious way and used words and sentence building that was far above my skills in this area, leading me to believe they would surely, would have to, agree……..NO! They did not! 😂😂😂 Keep riding dude 😊
@jedionboard1233
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Its very very worrying that ai is too real. You get ALOT of people,, who look at this , and any news report,, and think its real. So out of hand.
@J007-j5o
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
If music, literature etc are protected by copyright laws, how isn’t your likeness also protected?
@baMbouZ
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Can't wait to know your opinion about "The Fender case" 🙂
@Tony-Stockport
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Would the real Justin Hawkins please stand up.
@SimonAshurst
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Love you and the channel and agree that you should keep politics out of it.
Wish you had at your gig at Wembley arena last year as it really spoiled the atmosphere you had built.
Your crowd is very diverse of views and were there to hear your songs not 5 minutes of your political thoughts.
@ChristopherLeePhotography
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
ai is straight up intellectual property theft!
@Glendoras
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
…and it’s bad for the environment. Fcuk AI.
@Okn0tok
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
AI art is definitely shit!
@guitarlixx
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Oh dear…I'm so sorry. This is sad. I feel like I watched your soul die a little as you watched this.
@paulmenard6219
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
AI music is a difficult topic. Fact of the matter is it is more ingrained in the music industry than we know.
I get it .. I see it
As a musician of over 30+ years I have seen a lot of "trends" that people have said would result in the end of music.
The sampling of the 80s and 90s to create music was quite similar. Taking other people's music or hooks with no real credit to the real musicians is messed up. But let's also be honest here … Isn't that what Led Zeppelin is KNOWN for?…
In the end things like Spotify killed the music industry. Things like a 12 year old having a full sampling studio for under $1,000 killed the music industry. I remember them saying NOT RECORDING with analog was the death of the music industry.
I'm not sure I have the answer but I know this .. I have heard some AI that is terrifyingly good.
I fear it's going to discourage a child from picking up a guitar and learning but I also realize that IKEA makes furniture but that doesn't stop people from buying furniture from real craftsmen.
99.9% of artists music is released with zero interactions and zero interest. My albums back in the late 90s and early 2000's were quite popular .. now… It's a tree falling in the woods…
I guess I will always fall on the side of.. whatever makes you create, whatever gets that emotion out of your soul. Puts your thoughts into others ears or minds.
Who am I to judge?
@kkay3784
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
It's not harmless. It does matter. Gloria Caulfield, vp of a tech development co; Scott Borchetta, CEO Big Machine Records; former Google exec Eric Schmidt, among others, were booed during commencement speeches where they praised the supposed unstoppable presence of AI to new graduates. Students weren't buying it when Scott Borchetta stated, "Deal with it."
@PrezdentRayGun
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
What band is this?
@Kiltedbear
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
AI music generation is for the people who can't, not for the people who can. And telling people to just learn to play or how to sing when you yourself have spent a significant amount of time doing so is just shit. For the record I can sing. I went to school for music and voice performance and I believe this.
I will agree with you that using AI to replicate existing artists is wrong. It should be used in creating new content not being a doppelganger, and yes there is a difference. You aren't stopping it by bitching by the way. I wish everyone who complained would admit whether they have confirmed if they have contacted their political representatives about it or not. Because if you haven't and you are just complaining about it, you're just being a troll about the genie that's left the bottle already.
@markcurtis5265
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
In the second video Justin's character's voice morphs into the lead singer of Electric Six
@77jaystu
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Man. I'd love to see your analysis of "Pachinko Part 1" by Moron Police. As a Darkness fan etc.
@bwoo6223
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Explain Taylor Swift? Why is that so dreadful thats made by humans?
@bioglassmusic
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
lawsuits. copyright claim. do everything they do to you at the very minimum. Unlike what you do the AI crap in not fair use.
@degitz
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Speaking of circus, I just watched the extra material from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus and there's this interview with Pete Townshend where he suddenly compares the Darkness to Yoko Ono and not in the most flattering way. Still, I bet this context is a million times cooler than being kidnapped by AI.
@nickjamesgang
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Can you do an episode on the new AI Luke Bryan song now?
@YTPartyTonight
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
It feels like we’ve entered the uncanny valley on the way to a post-human world.
@paulm9079
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I fucking HATE AI with a passion. I’ll stop there lest my rant bore the masses.
@KatyB-x2j
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
If the boot was on the other foot, so to speak, there would be an outbreak of threats to sue because this is just not on. You're allowed your opinions and if you wanted to be part of any political campaign, that should be your choice. But to be shoehorned in like that is about as welcome as a turd in a trainer.
@inttrovertedmonk851
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
There are no shortcuts to making something great, nothing made easy will ever have value!
@andrewmaguire4476
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
AI & a bunch of knackers who think the earth is flat.
Dear oh dear.
@lornai7171
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I like the real JH more . ..❤If only you could sue them. I am an arts critic and have been plagiarised, but this is next level. Id hate this being done to me. We do it because it's part of us. Keep on truckin'.
@zoraz4867
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
The one thing AI is managing to do is to stop me buying things (to be fair, I don't really buy much anyway lol except for music, gig tickets, and raffall tickets lol etc ) BUT most certainly now, I canny be arsed to check if that product is real, if the celebrity really endorsed it…. AI is truly boring now. And AI needs to go. It shouldn't be in schools, it shouldn't be in businesses, hospitals, parliament (Albania!!!! Last Sept they appointed their first AI Minister!)…. The only thing AI will guarantee is that humans become stupid, lazy and talentless.
@Seal0626
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I mean… they literally put words in your mouth.
@ReeceInProgress
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
The Darkness have never been political , I don't even understand how the creator thought this worked even in their misguided view 🤣🤣
@lindsaymorrison6989
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Music is a method of communication, it transfers an idea or emotion from one person to another. Sometimes it's complicated, sometimes it's not, but it's part of the evolution of how we communicate with one another. A robot has nothing to communicate, so even if AI becomes exceptionally good at imitating that, it's always going to be empty and one sided. It'll always be a facsimile, because communication requires two thinking beings, one to express an idea, and another to interpret it.
@VisaSkim
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
I`d love to hear your opinion on the Polish black metal band, Batushka!
@saxby0077
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Hey Justin, I saw you in Auckland coupla months ago.
You guys were fuckn awesome!
AI can’t do that. And that’s what makes the difference.
AI will never make guys in tight jeans dance.
Your girls to guys crowd ratio was easily 50/50 and I saw a pair of tits.
Next time you come please play “Girlfriend” I love it I love it so much.
I could have yelled out for it but that would make me an asshole, which I am, but that should never be your problem.
At any rate you guys kick ass.
@markgames8527
May 20, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Ciao quando sei venuto a Prato toscana te piaciuta Prato?