Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, who once contributed to $28K worth of damage at a Chicago hotel, doesn't worry about AI because it 'can't destroy a hotel room'

• Joe Walsh, the guitarist for The Eagles, had a unique take on AI's role in the music industry.
• While on a final tour with The Eagles, Walsh told The Associated Press that he's not worried about AI.

Joe Walsh, the guitarist for rock group The Eagles, claimed that he's not worried about artificial intelligence's place in the music industry quite yet — and it's not because of AI's lackluster songwriting skills.

Walsh, who played guitar on the song "Hotel California," doesn't think AI will disrupt the music industry in a significant way because it can't yet embody the kind of spirit that would trash a hotel room — something Walsh has been known to do.

"It's computers, it has nothing to do with music," Walsh told the AP on Wednesday. "It can't destroy a hotel room, it can't throw a TV off the fifth floor into the pool and get it right in the middle."

According to CBS, Walsh destroyed a fancy Chicago hotel room during a wild night with John Belushi, running up a bill for $28,000.

"When AI knows how to destroy a hotel room, I'll pay attention to it," Walsh added on Wednesday to the AP.

The Eagles kick off their final US tour in September.

The music industry is in an early stage in its prickly relationship with AI, where there is still much legal gray area, especially as it relates to copyright law.

Several AI-generated songs featuring copycat vocals based off artists such as Drake, The Weeknd, and Rihanna have gone viral, and have quickly been taken down after record labels threatened legal action.