Dubioza Kolektiv’s new song 'Yebiga' questions AICEFR B1
26 Apr 2026
Adapted from Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Keagan Henman, Unsplash
Dubioza Kolektiv has released "Yebiga," a new song that sharply critiques society's increasing dependence on artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making. The song warns that this trend can lead to a technocracy, where technological elites hold power instead of democratic institutions. The band keeps a satirical tone while using simple, repetitive lines to mirror the mindset they criticise.
The video, published in Bosnian with English and Spanish subtitles, opens with a digital brotherhood that includes figures meant to symbolise powerful tech leaders. In the chorus the lyrics celebrate a world without books or independent thought, with lines such as "AI, we don't care / go and throw the books away." Another verse uses the Bosnian line "Čovjek fizikaneri, nek' razmišlja mašina," translated as "Humans do the labor, we will let machines think."
The clip features a mix of playful and unsettling images and uses familiar comic characters from the region’s television history. The YouTube version received over one and a half million views in a month, drawing attention to the risks of outsourcing critical thinking to opaque systems.
Difficult words
- dependence — needing something to continue working or functioning
- algorithmic — related to step-by-step computer rules or processes
- technocracy — system where technical experts hold government power
- elite — small group with a lot of social or political powerelites
- satirical — using humor to criticize people or ideas
- opaque — hard to understand or explain, not clear
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Discussion questions
- Do you agree that people depend too much on artificial intelligence? Why or why not?
- Can a song or video change how people think about technology? Give an example.
- Would you watch a song in another language with subtitles? Why would you choose to watch or not watch it?
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