David Pearce

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14,403 appearances 52 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 24 Aug

David Pearce’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 52 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 20.

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The Vergecast · Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

Sure, Bud. voice-verified

And then he says, I actually believe cover music has been sort of analog AI for a long time. voice-verified

I listened to a lot of REM, U2, The Smiths, and The Cure, and at some point I got sick of just listening to them. voice-verified

I wanted to play it, so I learned to play guitar. voice-verified

To compare that to AI is so fundamentally insane. voice-verified

And this goes- I mean, this goes back to what you were saying about the difference between humans and computers, right? voice-verified

Like it's it's one thing to say, I listened to a bunch of Smith songs, and so I learned how to play a Smith song on the guitar. voice-verified

The idea, just at a very simple way, the idea that I play the same notes and am thus playing the same song is bananas. voice-verified

And anyone who has ever heard a song. voice-verified

A song knows that to be true. voice-verified

But then this guy, I think, without meaning to is basically denigrating every music artist ever in the history of music, which is a wild thing for the Fender CEO to do. voice-verified

Uh, but he he basically is like, we are going to free people up from the nightmare of having to learn other music and play with bandmates and just create whatever they want. voice-verified

But only one of them is trying to sell me guitars. voice-verified

Like the Suno's at least trying to sell me AI software. voice-verified

Like voice-verified

Get why they would say that. voice-verified

My most maybe controversial opinion on this front is that I actually think the line is somewhere in the middle. voice-verified

Like we're we're gonna hear from a lot of people watching and listening to this who are like the the answer is clear. voice-verified

As soon as you use any AI tool, it is tainted and ruined and I'm out. voice-verified

Uh and I respect that opinion. voice-verified

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