Denis Bichard

And you turn the book over and you look to see who the author was and you Google them and you're like, how in the world did they think of this?

Right?

And I just had that impulse so often in the beginning to want to know, you know, who felt this?

Who thought this?

I just would have cognitive dissonance where I'd be going, this is a machine.

This machine did not fall in love.

This machine did not suffer these experiences.

This machine did not wake up at two in the morning and write this song, you know, just needing to express itself.

It was actually really bothering me.

It kind of blocked me from being able to enjoy the song.

And I thought, well, if somebody created an AI avatar and gave it a personality, and it were a fictional character that existed in, you know, the metaverse, and that AI avatar was a songmaker and it was singing this song, would that make it easier?

And weirdly, it would.

It would make it a little easier.

I think my conclusion from this is that in 10 or 15 or 20 years, there are going to be a lot of teenagers who look at the discussions we're having right now and go, what are these people talking about?

Why would anybody feel so conflicted about this?

I think we're going to adapt to it pretty quickly.

That is my gut feeling.

You know, there are a lot of big questions around the creators and protecting artists and what it means to be an artist.

There are a lot of questions that are going to come out of this, and I really hope that artists are as protected as possible and remunerated properly.

But I...