Did you know Spotify had to purge roughly two million AI-generated tracks in early 2024? That's about seven percent of what was being submitted to the platform. Think about that for a second. The flood isn't hypothetical—it's already here, and it's drowning out real artists. The problem isn't that AI can't make catchy songs. It can. The problem is what happens when streaming becomes a firehose of synthetic content. Algorithms push engagement, and AI can be optimized to game those algorithms perfectly, squeezing out human musicians who can't produce at machine speed. That's not a hypothetical concern either; there's growing data showing listener fatigue and a backlash against tracks that feel hollow once people realize no human made them. Streaming platforms were built to amplify human creativity. Let AI music exist somewhere, sure—but not on the same shelves, competing for the same royalties. That just devalues the work of actual artists.

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