It is not often that a band must reject a plot that seems to have been lifted from a dubious late-night commercial, yet here we are. According to Paradereports, the legendary 80s band Crowded House has publicly denied a fake AI-generated film that purported that frontman Neil Finn had fathered a kid after overcoming erectile difficulties.
On their official Facebook page, the band openly responded to the misleading post, saying:
Please don’t be duped; we have no idea where this originated. Neil has never experienced erection problems.
In the intricate spoof, an AI-generated Finn, 67, is seen talking about personal issues he has never really faced after New Zealand journalist Simon Dallow arrives in what appears to be a real news program.
In the fake video, the phony Finn asserts:
I never imagined that I would be able to have children of my own. To be honest, I think I closed that chapter of my life because I just couldn’t, not because I didn’t want to.
Explicit details regarding purported medical conditions that the actual musician never experienced are included in the deepfake.
In response to the band’s explanation, fans expressed a mixture of amusement and worry over the increasing complexity of AI technology. To fit the phony news, one fan cleverly changed the titles of Crowded House songs, such as “Don’t dream: Erections are over” and “Semins are so strong.”
Another fan joked about the frontman’s true fertility by bringing up Finn’s real adult sons, Liam and Elroy, who are both musicians with Crowded House.
The incident emphasizes how difficult it is becoming to tell real content from artificial intelligence (AI), especially as deepfake technology grows more prevalent and convincing.
AI assisted in the writing of this narrative.
