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A Songwriting Battle with My AI Clone | Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd | TED

As AI tools get better at making music, will there be a time when machines move people more than musicians? Putting that question to the test, legendary hitmaker Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd joins journalist Elise Hu to discuss how new tech is changing the music industry — followed by a live performance where he battles…

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As AI tools get better at making music, will there be a time when machines move people more than musicians? Putting that question to the test, legendary hitmaker Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd joins journalist Elise Hu to discuss how new tech is changing the music industry — followed by a live performance where he battles his digital twin to see who can write a catchier song. (Poo Bear is joined onstage by musician Sasha Sirota.) (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 10, 2025)

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  1. @doubleuenbeeeh

    March 8, 2026 at 11:05 am

    Elise Hu is so cringe

  2. @zdawg-w8d

    March 8, 2026 at 11:15 am

    those bean bags so comfy got homie sleeping at 11:05 ahaha

  3. @Arun_Kumar_1.1

    March 8, 2026 at 11:31 am

    Cheap ai for sure

  4. @rakdaseng4923

    March 8, 2026 at 11:34 am

    💫🌹💞🥰💫

  5. @haniehhedayati661

    March 8, 2026 at 11:51 am

    he’s good! soo catchy everything he sang.

  6. @lg4ky

    March 8, 2026 at 11:58 am

    Replacing human talent with AI is the beginning of the end of our civilization.

    • @Aaaaaa006

      March 8, 2026 at 12:52 pm

      Why?

    • @youtubeloveTed

      March 8, 2026 at 4:54 pm

      You are still thinking of AI in a perspective of “we against them, me against you”.

      AI is a helping tool, like a hammer for a nail.
      It can help you connect deeper with your own potential, and help you grow.
      To find the best version of yourself.

      You will be very happy in the future if you see that fear is just a signal, when we understand that it is not a goal. We all win, together.

      I trust you with my future, I hope you create a good tomorrow for everyone, with the tools you have today.

  7. @joshfactor1

    March 8, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    why is almost every one of these about ai now?

    • @Paul.3026

      March 8, 2026 at 3:41 pm

      2026 is The Year of AI Maturity for tools becoming reliable and standard. Btw I got this answer from ai.

  8. @shotbywyn

    March 8, 2026 at 12:34 pm

    dope concept!!!!!!!!

    very courageous of you, Poo

  9. @CB4J

    March 8, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    You’re comparing a live performance to an AI track and the audience knows the difference between the two, because they can see you.

    A casual audience wouldn’t know the difference in a blind listen. Turn the lights out and don’t queue it up with them knowing.

    And you took the first prompt to compare. People doing this for real will tweak and take time vetting through 10’s to 100’s of variations before making a final choice.

    Ai is much smarter in the right hands folks. This was supposed to prove that humans are still needed to keep the soul (look I agree with that in a live setting. Love live music.) but it’s telling the casual listeners that know nothing to NOt be worried and you really should.

  10. @Xayne...

    March 8, 2026 at 2:45 pm

    i can hear his Justin Bieber sound

  11. @Paul.3026

    March 8, 2026 at 3:35 pm

    When a singer produces a song it is inspired on human feelings that were actually lived.

  12. @mainaccount5369

    March 8, 2026 at 3:49 pm

    Meh

  13. @Alianger

    March 8, 2026 at 4:17 pm

    His scalp is hypnotizing

    • @loganwolverine8571

      March 8, 2026 at 7:38 pm

      Fake hairline and fake music. Can’t trust this guys opinion.

  14. @kevnojqabhaushuv9887

    March 8, 2026 at 4:33 pm

    That all you got “start over again and ahain?”

  15. @faustprivate

    March 8, 2026 at 5:33 pm

    Remember, this is the worst AI song you’ll ever hear. It only gets better from here and it will. 😅

  16. @semperdeinceps7980

    March 8, 2026 at 6:35 pm

    So are we all just going to pretend the AI version wasn’t light-years better?

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