Sting has said that musicians will face "a battle" with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use within the music industry.
The former frontman of The Police, 71, said that the coming years will see a fight to defend the "human capital" of music.
It comes after an increase in the number of songs using AI to recreate the work of well-known musicians and bands.
Artists including Eminem, Drake, The Weeknd and Oasis have all seen fake copies of their work produced in this manner.
Speaking to the BBC, Sting said: "The building blocks of music belong to us, to human beings.
"That's going to be a battle we all have to fight in the next couple of years: defending our human capital against AI."
"The tools are useful, but we have to be driving them," he said. "I don't think we can allow the machines to just take over. We have to be wary."
He added that he feels the same way about AI-generated songs as he does about movies that use CGI.
"It doesn't impress me at all," he said.
"I get immediately bored when I see a computer-generated image. I imagine I will feel the same way about AI making music.
"Maybe for electronic dance music, it works. But for songs, you know, expressing emotions, I don't think I will be moved by it."
Source: Press Association
