# Gene Simmons is ready to embrace AI: “The future is here”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gene-simmons-is-ready-to-embrace-ai-the-future-is-here/
- Published: 2026-10-29T18:07:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T18:15:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/gene-simmons-is-ready-to-embrace-ai-the-future-is-here/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Gene Simmons says people should learn to use AI.
- He argues radio stations should pay artists for broadcasts.
- A Kiss farewell tour documentary is due in November 2026.

## Summary

Gene Simmons says artificial intelligence is here to stay and that people should learn to use it, warning, “otherwise it will use you”. His comments offer a pragmatic view of a technology dividing musicians, though he did not elaborate on how he might use AI creatively.

In the interview, Simmons also backed a proposal requiring US AM and FM radio stations to pay artists and record labels when their music is broadcast, saying performers currently receive nothing. He recalled Kiss’s final Madison Square Garden shows in December 2023 and noted the band has since performed again; a documentary about its farewell tour is due on 19 November 2026. Queen guitarist Brian May has taken the opposing view, criticising the data centres powering AI.

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