These AI-generated videos of BTS singing Rihanna and The Weeknd songs are, unfortunately, quite good

• I really wanted to hate the AI-generated versions of the BTS' members voices.
• Then I heard AI Jungkook sing "Blinding Lights."

Two weeks ago, I heard BTS member Jungkook covering "Blinding Lights," one of my favorite songs from The Weeknd.

I wondered when he'd recorded and released the cover. Then I realized it wasn't Jungkook.

It was AI Jungkook.

I wanted to hate it. It wasn't Jungkook, it was an uncanny-valley AI voice. On the one hand, it's wildly concerning — considering the privacy concerns, need for consent, and rampant copyright issues surrounding the use of AI-generated voices.

But it also sounded great.

Then YouTube's algorithm did its thing, and next thing I knew, I was listening to AI Jungkook, V, Jimin sing The Weeknd's "Starboy."

And then the Rihanna covers started kicking off. The voices on the track were close enough to the real deal to sway me — a self-professed ARMY who's been listening to BTS since the 2015 release of "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1."

The covers aren't perfect. At times, the AI voices are off-beat and glitch out.

In this AI cover of Charlie Puth's "Attention," for example, AI Jimin gets tripped up on the line "I know that dress is karma" — a comforting reminder that AI tools are still far from perfect.

As far as I'm concerned, AI BTS will never replace the real band. A team of human beings — not machines — made banger hits like "Spring Day" and "Save Me." If you've been to a BTS concert and witnessed the electricity in the air — a machine can't replicate that. Music is a deeply human experience. And real voices matter.

But for now, excuse me while I loop AI Jungkook's "Blinding Lights" again. It's too good to give up.