When you're overpressured to succeed, it makes a lot of sense to switch up your creative process in hopes of getting something new or better.
It doesn't mean that you'll get good results by abandoning prior art, either with LLMs or musicians. But it does signal a sort of personal stress and insecurity, for sure.
It's a good process (although, many take it to its common conclusion which is self-destruction). It's why the most creative people are able to re-invent themselves. But one must go into everything with both eyes open, and truly humble themselves with the possibility that that may have been the greatest achievement of their life, never to be matched again.
I wonder if he can simply sit back and bask in the glory of being one of the most important people during the infancy of AI. Someone needs to interview this guy, would love to see how he thinks.
It doesn't mean that you'll get good results by abandoning prior art, either with LLMs or musicians. But it does signal a sort of personal stress and insecurity, for sure.