Shankar Mahadevan calls AI a ‘friend-assistant’, suggesting it’s not a threat to musicians

Grammy-winning composer Shankar Mahadevan has created “Rubaroo” using AI tool Sandbox, developed with YouTube and Google Lab. The Sufi-contemporary fusion track was unveiled at Google’s I/O conference. Mahadevan insists AI is a “friend and personal assistant,” not a replacement for musicians, comparing it to past technology shifts like synthesizers. He emphasizes human creativity remains irreplaceable in final artistic decisions.READ FULL