Bring Me The Horizon’s AI visuals ignite controversy among fans

The use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images during a recent live performance has angered British alt rock/metal band Bring Me The Horizon‘s fans. Oli Sykes, the main singer, combined AI with his own image on big screens at a performance in São Paulo, Brazil. The band has already faced criticism for reportedly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create merchandising images. This has sparked an internet discussion on the morality of AI pictures in music, as has a recent debate surrounding Hot Mulligan’s use of AI. This is an example:

https://twitter.com/bmthmena/status/1863162785074409919

Garrett Russel of Silent Planet has weighed in on this:

there are so many valid things to be angry about in this world: political corruption, ecological crisis, genocide, rampant addiction, poverty…
and instead people shit themselves over a band making a harmless joke, all the while remaining apathetic to real issues. what a shame. https://t.co/OJ3KS45JU4

— gaz (@SilentGarrett) December 7, 2024