First, let's define what "finishing" actually means here. We're not talking about restoring a damaged canvas or cleaning up a recording. We're talking about making creative decisions — the ending, the tone, the choices — that belong to the artist alone. Once you cross that line, you're not finishing their work. You're writing over it.
The core problem is intent. A dead artist can't consent, and they can't correct the record. AI might produce something that looks and sounds like them, but that's exactly the trap. A plausible imitation gets treated as authentic, and suddenly their final statement isn't final anymore. It's just a draft, open to revision by a machine they never met.
Unfinished work has its own value. It's honest. It shows where they stopped and what they left behind. I'd rather have that silence than a fake ending pretending to be theirs. There's a difference between honoring someone and finishing their sentences for them.
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