You remember that whole Spotify "fake artists" scandal a few years back? Where they were essentially creating ghost music to pad playlists and avoid paying real musicians? That's a perfect example of how the system already favors cheap, algorithm-friendly content. Now imagine scaling that with AI. It's not just about one company cutting corners—it's an entire ecosystem tilting toward machine-generated music because it's cheaper and easier to license. That creates a feedback loop: less space for human artists, less incentive for labels to develop talent, and listeners getting fed an endless stream of derivative sound-alikes. It doesn't have to be intentional. It's just how the incentives work. And once that loop starts, it's really hard to reverse. Human creativity gets squeezed out, not because the AI is better, but because the system rewards volume over substance.

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