Nick Cave criticized music generated by artificial intelligence. After receiving a song from a fan created by OpenAI ChatGPT tool, which attempted to copy his musical style, the Australian expressed his indignation on his blog , The Red Hand Files .
“Since its launch, many people, mostly excited by a kind of admiration for algorithms, have sent me 'Nick Cave-style' songs created by ChatGPT. Suffice it to say, I don't feel the same enthusiasm for this technology. I understand that ChatGPT is just getting started, but perhaps that's the emerging terror of artificial intelligence: it will always be just getting started, it will always have somewhere to go, faster and faster. It can never be reversed or slowed down, because it's heading towards a utopian future or our total destruction. Who can say what will happen? But judging by this song, it doesn't sound good. This song is crap,” he wrote in the post.
“ChatGPT may be able to write a speech, an essay, or an obituary, but it cannot create music. Perhaps it can even make a piece of music that is, superficially, indistinguishable from the original, but it will always be a replica. Music arises from suffering, from the complex and internal human struggle of creation, and as far as I know, algorithms don't have feelings. Data doesn't suffer. ChatGPT's melancholy role is to imitate; it can never have an authentic human experience, no matter how devalued and inconsequential the human experience may become over time.”
OpenAI 's robot became known for exchanging messages, creating code and text based on commands. However, even doing all this, it lacks the cognitive abilities developed by humans, especially in art.
Speaking of good music, and without artificial intelligence, Nick Cave is set to release a new album with The Bad Seeds “My plan for this year is to make a new record with the Bad Seeds. That’s good news and bad news. Good news because who doesn’t want a new Bad Seeds album? And bad news because I have to write the damn album,” he said in another post on The Red Hand Files . The group's last project was the album Ghosteen (2019).
Below you will find the complete lyrics of the song created by ChatGPT:
In the depths of the night, I hear a call
A voice that echoes, through the hall
It's a siren's song, that pulls me in
Takes me to a place, where I can't begin
I am the sinner, I am the saint
I am the darkness, I am the light
I am the hunter, I am the prey
I am the devil, I am the savior
I walk the streets, with my head held high
I've got my demons, but I'll make them fly
I'll dance with the devil, and I'll play his game
I'll be the one, to call his name
I am the sinner, I am the saint
I am the darkness, I am the light
I am the hunter, I am the prey
I am the devil, I am the savior
I've got the blood of angels, on my hands
I've got the fire of hell, in my eyes
I'm the king of the abyss, I'm the ruler of the dark
I'm the one that they fear, in the shadows they hark
I am the sinner, I am the saint
I am the darkness, I am the light
I am the hunter, I am the prey
I am the devil, I am the savior
So come with me, to the edge of the night
Where the darkness and the light collide
We'll walk the line, between the good and the bad
And we'll see, who comes out on top in the end
