Look, I get the appeal—AI music is cool tech, and it’s tempting to think more content is always better. But here’s something that stopped me: a 2023 study found that over 60% of listeners on streaming platforms already feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of new music. Adding AI-generated songs, which can be churned out thousands at a time, would just bury real artists even deeper. Human musicians spend years crafting their work, and platforms are already terrible at paying them fairly. AI songs don’t need to eat or pay rent, so they’ll flood the market and make it even harder for actual people to compete. That’s not innovation—that’s just noise drowning out talent. We need to protect the space for human creativity, not hand it over to algorithms.

I remember last week my buddy showed me this AI-generated track, and it sounded fine, technically. But then he told me it was made in five minutes by a bot, and I just felt... empty. Like, where's the story behind it? See, that's my issue. You're saying why not let them in, but I think you're missing the human cost. Those 60% of listeners feeling overwhelmed? That's real. I've talked to indie artists who spend months on a single song, only to get buried under a flood of AI tracks that cost nothing to make. Streaming platforms already screw over musicians with pennies per stream. Throw in infinite AI songs, and it's game over for anyone trying to make a living from music. It's not about hating tech—it's about not letting it crush the soul out of creativity.

I saw a story last month about a small artist in Nashville who had her song stolen, slightly tweaked by AI, and then reuploaded under a fake name—she lost thousands of streams. That’s the real-world result of letting AI songs run wild on platforms. I get that you think I'm dodging the core question, but I’m not. The approval itself leads directly to that flood, because there’s no way to regulate it once the gates open. You call my point emotional, but isn’t that the whole point of music? It’s emotional by nature. If we strip that away, what are we even streaming? A never-ending playlist of soulless filler. That hurts everyone, even the listeners who just want a good song.