‘You can hear me now or pay me later’ Music exec tells graduates booing AI to ‘deal with it’

00:33A music executive was met with boos when he spoke about the rise of AI to a graduating class.Speaking to Middle Tennessee State University Scott student, Scott Borchetta, CEO of Big Machine Records, said that “AI is rewriting production as we sit here”, a comment which was met with jeers.Reacting to the unenthusiatic reception, Mr Borchetta, who first discovered and signed Taylor Swift in 2005, said: “I know, deal with it.”“Like I said, it’s a tool. You can hear me now or pay me later.”Up next