The living legend, whose music continues to make many an Indian as well as foreigners skip a beat, was in Goa to address festival delegates.

Addressing an In-Conversation session on ‘Future of Content’ at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India in Goa, Rahman noted that in the metaverse, people could be fully functional without exposing themselves, without exposing their identity.

Addressing an In Conversation session at the ongoing 53rd edition of IFFI, legendary music composer A.R Rahman answered the existential question of the new digital age, albeit in a light vein, by saying that “I am AI”. Yes, there would be no difference between AR and AI as both evolve and grow with time, says Rahman.

The living legend, whose music continues to make many an Indian as well as foreigners skip a beat, was in Goa to address festival delegates. This time, not so much regarding his soul-stirring music, as regarding the evolution of technology, drawing upon his new avatar as a producer of films which employ technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and others, in the quest to redefine and reinvent cinematic experiences for the technologically mediated era of tomorrow.

Addressing an In-Conversation session on ‘Future of Content’ at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India in Goa, Rahman noted that in the metaverse, people could be fully functional without exposing themselves, without exposing their identity.

Responding to a query on conflict between technology and human values, he said the moral foundation of mankind should be strong to meet the technological challenges.

Speaking about musical inspiration, he said that our mind is connected to the universal consciousness and we draw inspiration from the supreme to create something.