Within the occasions sequence Letters Dwell, performers learn notable letters – previous and new, authentic and written by others – in entrance of a reside viewers. On this video, as a part of the Letters Dwell occasion at London’s Royal Albert Corridor in November 2023, the British comic and author Stephen Fry reads a letter by the Australian musician Nick Cave on what Cave sees as ChatGPT’s potential to erode the human soul – with the AI chatbot presumably additionally standing in for another generative AI methods which may exchange human-created artwork. As Cave’s letter articulates how foregoing the battle of creation dangers destroying the ‘collective, important and unconscious human spirit’, his characteristically masterful writing mixed with Fry’s highly effective studying function a reminder of the worth and vitality of human creativity.
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