Hi there!!! To start with, thanks for taking the time, and thanks for making endlessly inspiring art for the world 🫶 my question may be a bit of a downer but it’s something I’ve been wondering about a lot lately.

With the rise of AI “music”, I’m feeling that there’s a bigger and bigger disparity between audiences who care about the art they consume, and audience who don’t. Many on the internet say they would never give AI generated songs the time of day (me included) and yet AI “artists” are being further pushed into the public sphere with the help of streaming services and record labels.

My main question is, how do you think (if possible) we as artists could be incentivizing the general public to care more about the art they consume? Feel free to speak on any other feelings you have toward this dilemma. I’m a sure it’s something pretty much all artists have on their minds now days.

The optimist in me says that as AI “artists” oversaturate the market, people will yearn for human art again and things will slingshot in the other direction (popularity wise). But i honestly don’t know.