This careless interpretation (if you can even call it that) completely misrepresents the meaning of the original work. It represents the idea of using a delicate touch to handle something with the idea of punching it like a child would instead. As another song by them put it:
“Don’t feed the people
But we feed the machines”
Oh no is peter pro AI… Damn it I loved him
His recent album I/0 had a bunch of AI videos which is whatever (I found them just kind of disturbing to look at and couldn’t do it more than once). But after listening to the album a number of times (I’ve been a huge Peter Gabriel fan since “Solsbury Hill” came out) I’m inclined to think that album’s music was AI-generated as well. All the songs are just a weird blending of his various styles from earlier albums and they don’t seem to be the logical or normal product of an artist his age.
I don’t think i/o (or o/i) had AI generated music. A number of the songs had been works-in-progress for years since Gabriel had performed early versions of them live in concert prior. In his full moon updates for each song, there is sometimes footage of the performers in the studio with instruments and even an orchestra or choir at times. I remember specifically he cited Brian Eno’s “electric worms” synths for the fifth track. There had also been a substantial time gap since Gabriel put out his previous album, and he notably likes to mix genres, including world music. If any artist would evolve their style atypically for their age, it would be Gabriel.
Well, good to know.