Sir Paul McCartney He warned that the Name Name would be able to “seize” artists if a proposed revision of the copyright law proceeded. The former Beatles member argued that plans could remove the motivation for writers and artists and lead to “loss of creativity”.

“When we were kids in Liverpool, we found a job we loved but paid the bills,” he said.

The use of copyright protected content to educate artificial intelligence models is the subject of a new government consultation in the United Kingdom. “There are young boys, girls and writing a beautiful song and have no rights and have nothing to do with it. And whoever wants can just pick it up ‘, Paul McCartney told the BBC.

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“The truth is that money is going somewhere … someone is paid, so why not the guy who sat down and wrote” Yesterday “?”he stressed.

The lack of clarity about whether it is right and fair to use copyright content to train models that feed the new waves of artificial intelligence has triggered discussions around the world, with legal affairs started by companies and individuals in the creative industry For the use of their material without license, it is noted in a report in the newspaper “The Independent”.

The UK government announced will use the consultation, which will last until February 25, to explore key points of the debate, including how to improve confidence between creative sectors and artificial intelligence and how creators can be licensed. and be paid for the use of their material.

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Calling on the government to review its plans, McCartney said: “We are the citizens, you are the government. You are supposed to protect us. This is your job. “

“So you know if you are submitting a bill, make sure you protect creative thinkers, creative artists, otherwise you will not have them,” said the English singer, songwriter and musician. “I think artificial intelligence is excellent and can do many great things”, noticed.

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“We got an old John’s cassette (Lennon) and cleared his voice so that it sounds like it was recorded just yesterday. So it has its uses. But he should not rob creative people. It doesn’t make sense for that, ” He stressed.