Singer songwriter Nick Cave has never been shy to share his opinions on artificial intelligence, specifically its nefarious effects on the music industry and artistry. He has previously labelled ChatGPT as an exercise in “replication as travesty” and called out algorithmically generated songs as “bullshit” and “a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”. Now, in a new interview with The Australian, Cave further voiced his fear that AI will have a “humiliating effect” on the creative industries. “I’m an enormously optimistic person about the world in general, but I think the demoralising ef…