A songwriting battle with my AI clone | Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Elise Hu
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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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.)
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas and conversations to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. In this fast-changing age of AI technologies, where do we find and hold on to the human soul? For me and for many, music is a uniquely |
| 0:26.1 | powerful window into that soul. It's ancient and new, global and intimate and exists in |
| 0:32.3 | nearly every place on earth. It feels inexplicably human, And yet AI tools are getting better and better at making |
| 0:40.7 | music. Will there come a time when AI can move people in a more soulful way than human-made music can? |
| 0:48.1 | And what would that mean? To find out, I sat down with songwriter and producer Jason Poobert Boyd, |
| 0:54.7 | whose melodies you've certainly heard from his collaborations with Justin Bieber, |
| 0:59.0 | Usher, Ed Shearin, The Rolling Stones, and more. |
| 1:03.2 | We explored what makes us human and how we can protect that even while embracing AI tools. |
| 1:09.5 | And in true poo bear fashion, |
| 1:11.9 | he doesn't just tell us his thoughts. |
| 1:14.3 | He shows us in a live musical exercise |
| 1:17.0 | that left us feeling like the human soul |
| 1:19.5 | is safe after all. |
| 1:21.6 | I can't wait for you to hear this. |
| 1:23.2 | Enjoy. enjoy. |
| 1:42.8 | I'm the kind of brother who's been doing in my way, getting my way for years and my career. |
| 1:52.0 | And every lover, y'all. and in out my life i hit love and left in tears without a care until i met this girl who turned the tables around caught me by surprise I never thought I'd be the one breaking down |
| 2:08.3 | I can figure it out I'm so caught up got me feeling that caught up I don't what it is, but it seems she's got me twisted, I'm so caught up, really feeling they ain't caught up, I'm losing control, this girl's got a hold on me. |
| 2:32.3 | Thank you very much your birthday |
| 2:34.5 | that was good |
| 2:36.5 | that was incredible |
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