He'll be handed the award during a ceremony at Royal Festival Hall in London
Nick Cave, Tilda Swinton and more pay tribute
“It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve missed both Australia and New Zealand very much. It will be a wild and mighty joy"
Cave answered 50 quickfire questions from fans with answers mostly limited to 'yes', 'no', 'I don't know' and 'go fuck yourself'
Dessner also scored the film, which will come to Netflix in November
The first two episodes will be previewed at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, and feature a Q&A with Cave and Matt Smith
The musician has previously called AI “a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”
“These days, I am neither distrustful nor suspicious of the world, even though my heart breaks for it, and I am not despairing, depressed or embittered"
Some have found passages underlined by the singer, while others have discovered things like plane tickets and handwritten notes
"I must see this idea through to the end. It’s the least I can do"