Damon Albarn: [...] I don't think it's possible for AI to make soulful music.

Anthony: I agree. But, and this is a very unfortunate but, I feel like all these corporations have invested so much money into it that they're basically like, 'Well, we're screwed if this doesn't pan out.' So they've got to find ways to shove it down everyone's throat so that they can try to struggle to make it work.

I hear you. I've been quite involved with AI because I've been making a score for a movie called Artificial, at the moment, which is all about the founders of ChatGPT. So I've had a lot of time to think about it. Music and art should not be easy. Once it becomes easy, it's meaningless.

[...] I'm still really practicing, trying [chuckles] my hardest to- I love what I do, but I'm under no illusion that I'm anything other than like... I'm going to use a... I'm a novice. I'm maybe a little bit further than an obligate, but I'm still a novice.

Yeah, that's kind of the thing. Like the practice, if you're truly good at it and you care about it, the practice never really stops.