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“Its intent is to completely sidestep the sort of inconvenience of the artistic struggle, going straight to the commodity... We don’t make things any more. We just consume stuff. It’s frightening”: Nick Cave lambasts use of AI in music (again)

Nick Cave.

The creative use of AI continues to divide musicians. Nick Cave has previously been critical of the use of Chat GPT in songwriting, but in a new interview with The Australian, the singer has expanded on his problems with it and his fears of the impact it will have on the creative industries.

“Its intent is to completely sidestep the sort of inconvenience of the artistic struggle," he says, "going straight to the commodity, which reflects on us, what we are, as human beings, which is just things that consume stuff. We don’t make things any more. We just consume stuff. It’s frightening."

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