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Hozier said that AI that can mimic artists' voices can't create something based on a human experience

By Victoria Derbyshire, Ellie Jacobs & Tim Dodd

BBC Newsnight

Irish musician Hozier has said he would consider striking over the threat artificial intelligence (AI) poses to his industry.

Hollywood actors and writers are currently striking over a row about better contracts and protection from the use of AI.

Hozier told the BBC's Newsnight he would be willing to join similar strike action in the music industry.

The singer added he was not sure if AI "meets the definition of art".

In July, Hollywood writers and actors manned picket lines for the first time in decades. Among their concerns was a proposal by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to keep "digital replicas" of actors.

But musicians are yet to follow suit regarding the threat AI poses to their own industry. The technology could be used to write songs or mimic well-known artists.

In April, a song that used AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd was removed from streaming services following criticism that it violated copyright law.