Nick Cave: “ChatGPT should just fuck off and leave songwriting alone”
nme.comNick Cave has shared his thoughts on the AI-based platform, ChatGPT, saying that it should “fuck off and leave songwriting alone”.The Bad Seeds frontman made headlines back in January after sharing his less-than-enthusiastic views on using AI platforms to write songs – stating that the process is a “grotesque mockery of what it means to be human”.The comments were initially raised after a fan contacted Cave via his Q&A site, The Red Hand Files, and shared some lyrics generated in his style, made by the AI computer program ChatGPT. “Thanks for the song,” he wrote in his initial response. “But with all the love and respect in the world, this song is bullshit, a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”.Now, the rock icon has once again spoken out about the AI service being used to create lyrics, and said that he wants it to “fuck off and leave songwriting alone”.“My objection is not with A.I.
in general. For better or for worse, we are inextricably immersed in A.I.,” he told The New Yorker when asked if the platform could make us value creative artwork more.“It is more a kind of sad, disappointed feeling that there are smart people out there that actually think the artistic act is so mundane that it can be replicated by a machine.
I find that insulting.“There’s no earthly reason why we need to invent a technology that can mimic this most beautiful and mysterious creative act.
Particularly writing a song. The thing about writing a good song is that it tells you something about yourself you didn’t already know.
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