This past July, Australian prog-rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard removed their discography from Spotify in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s multi-million-dollar investment in a German AI military drone company. Now, the band is “trying to see the irony” in what feels like a “truly doomed” situation.

Earlier in December, an AI clone of King Gizzard quietly appeared on Spotify. Crudely named King Lizard Wizard, the “band” had a discography of tracks with identical titles to popular King Gizzard hits. The artwork also weakly attempted to emulate King Gizzard’s notably surreal album covers, while the AI-generated music itself fell short of the original’s psych-rock influences.

King Gizzard frontman Stu Mackenzie stated that he’s “trying to see the irony in this situation.” An AI clone po

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