Aug 17, 2026 · 32 min · 9 segments
Tyga's recent album drew a 0/10 review for using AI-generated sounds — and it sparked a bigger question: does using AI in your craft disqualify the result from being "art"? This episode, Shaun and…
Eliana GarrickGuestSeanHost
Hayden GarrickHost
So, Sean sends me a message yesterday or the day before with a link to a video, and I watched the video, and in there is a rapper I've personally never really seen, although I'm not great at identifying rappers.
Talking about how he used AI to make some sounds, and Sean sent me the video and asked for my thoughts.
And so, Sean, why did you find that valuable to send? What does that have to do with our conversation today?
I didn't use it to come up with the lyrics.
I didn't use it to develop the whole background or anything to that effect, but I used it to generate a few sounds that I wanted in this production.
And when he produced it and went out there to say, hey, Everyone, this is what it is that I use this for.
Then he got some really strong pushback and individuals in the music industry had some very provocative insults directed towards him.
gave him a zero out of 10 saying your album that you just put out is a zero because you used AI.
But the moment that you start to use it in your craft, they push back and weren't willing to accept it.
And he's like, that's just so hypocritical for individuals to be willing to use it in their everyday life, but not willing to use it in their craft.
He's like, we've got to be able to use it in our craft or else, you know, you know, we're basically putting a tool on the table that we're not able to use.
There's a lot of overlap that we can see in other areas as well.
And so that's why I suggested to Hayden, why don't you ask your sister? What are her thoughts? And maybe we can talk more about how we can see this in other areas and how it influences business, so on and so forth.
So, Sean sends me a message yesterday or the day before with a link to a video, and I watched the video, and in there is a rapper I've personally never really seen, although I'm not great at identifying rappers.
Talking about how he used AI to make some sounds, and Sean sent me the video and asked for my thoughts.
And so, Sean, why did you find that valuable to send? What does that have to do with our conversation today?
I didn't use it to come up with the lyrics.
I didn't use it to develop the whole background or anything to that effect, but I used it to generate a few sounds that I wanted in this production.
And when he produced it and went out there to say, hey, Everyone, this is what it is that I use this for.
Then he got some really strong pushback and individuals in the music industry had some very provocative insults directed towards him.
gave him a zero out of 10 saying your album that you just put out is a zero because you used AI.
But the moment that you start to use it in your craft, they push back and weren't willing to accept it.
And he's like, that's just so hypocritical for individuals to be willing to use it in their everyday life, but not willing to use it in their craft.
He's like, we've got to be able to use it in our craft or else, you know, you know, we're basically putting a tool on the table that we're not able to use.
There's a lot of overlap that we can see in other areas as well.
And so that's why I suggested to Hayden, why don't you ask your sister? What are her thoughts? And maybe we can talk more about how we can see this in other areas and how it influences business, so on and so forth.
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