"Vilified" is a song by American rock musician Jerry Cantrell.
Vilified's lyrics are a negative personification of artificial intelligence, referring to misinformation it may spread.
in a 2024 interview regarding the song and I Want Blood: "...AI is a boogeyman we’ve grown up with, but now we’re living in a time that it’s becoming a reality to more of an extent.
I get it, as it’s a progression of technology and our use of it, but it’s part of the conversation of our lives and the world... ...It’s like any tool – you can take a hammer and bash somebody’s head in, or you can build a house – it’s up to the user.
It features Cantrell performing the song, alongside surreal narrative footage to complement the lyrics.