What happens when Christmas loses its soul to AI? The melodies were more or less the same -- recognisable as Silent Night, The First Noël, and Winter Wonderland. I first heard Winter Wonderland about 40 years after its lyricist, Richard Bernhard Smith, died in 1935; another 50 years have passed since then. In this case, the death of Winter Wonderland -- and Christmas music more generally -- was caused by a set of algorithms that we flatteringly call artificial intelligence. The tortured version of Winter Wonderland that I was forced to listen to is just the tip of the iceberg.

Source: Bangkok Post December 23, 2025 00:21 UTC