Nick Cave on Why AI Will Never Write a Great Song

Nick Cave is a prolific Australian-born musician, author, composer, and screenwriter, among other things. He regularly answers fan questions at The Red Hand Files. Recently, Peter from Slovenia asked if AI will ever be able to write a good song. Cave's response has been republished in full, with permission, below. In Yuval Noah Harari's brilliant new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, he writes that artificial intelligence, with its limitless potential and connectedness, will ultimately render many humans redundant in the work place.