As much as I think making AI music is the pinacle of lazynes and instant gratification, in my opinion they are actual musicians.

What I mean is that in a DAW you have a lots of tools that don't make sense in AI context.

Like for example, people who use agentic workflows don't need a Visual Studio license.

Well, music is art. Some of it is done for hire or commission. Most code is written for an employer or contract. Code written as art is an edge case.

For advertising jingles it makes some sense. For artistic expression, like... what's the point?

If the act of creating this AI music provides joy to them... I think they are artist

I used to release music that people listend to, but not anymore, now the only joy comes from making it for myself. Am I still an artist?

	▲	recursive 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In my book, you are definitely an artist. Perhaps the purest kind, not that it's a competition. If the act of creating this AI music provides joy to some, they should do it. I just have a hard time understanding that.