I feel like a lot of the stuff my nieces listen to are AI music.

Didn't we all start as kids listening to music that is so formulaic that it could as well be AI-generated? A subset of people iteratively refines their music tastes and starts listening everything from bebop to obscure Canadian hardcore bands and will recognize quality in music.

I'm not of the opinion that art is dead.

But I am of the opinion that AI slop is displacing a lot of would-be beginner musicians and making it even harder for them to break out.

For better or worse, a lot of beginner artists were relying upon my nieces and their classmates) clicking on their music and sharing them for Spotify $$$.