[bitshiftfaced]

In other words, the current system allows a select few artists to make money/fame from doing something they want to do (opposed to have to do to make a living). Or also, AI music will lessen the good feeling some people get when they believe that musicians can make money producing music.

I don't disagree that these things exist, but I do believe that these are mostly propped up by dynamics that will soon no longer exist.

[LunaSea]

> Or also, AI music will lessen the good feeling some people get when they believe that musicians can make money producing music.

If that is your way of saying that AI will remove the possibility for humans to create music full time due to there being no money anymore in music then sure.

> I don't disagree that these things exist, but I do believe that these are mostly propped up by dynamics that will soon no longer exist.

Which are?

[bitshiftfaced]

The same dynamic that propped up blacksmiths, potters, tailors, etc.: the absense of scaling/automating technology. There is still demand for authentic artisanal crafts and the "good feeling" that these people can earn money, but the magnitude has been reduced to the farmer's markets.

I can see a similar thing playing out with music. There will still be some token demand, but people will not pay the same when they can have a magic, infinitely producing on-demand, tailored-to-their-taste music machine, at vanishingly small marginal costs.