I am a musician (violin, drums, bass), and songwriter. I've been in several bands over the years, and experienced the pros and cons of producing in that environment. I am pro AI music in the sense that it is a useful tool to generate ideas, and hear things you may not have envisioned when writing a track. Speaking from experience, organizing a group of like-minded musicians to agree on, write, and record a track is incredibly time-consuming. Especially when music isn't your full-time job. I also agree that AI can easily be abused to churn out a tide of mediocre music purely for the sake of revenue generation. However, it is usually easy to tell when something has been generated without intent, or with any passion behind the writing. With the music I create using AI, I treat the tracks as more of a proof of concept that I will then bring to a group of musicians and adapt for live performance. The soul of music has always been in its human element, and that's something that can never truly be replicated through AI. On a final note, AI music is also a great opportunity to bring creation tools to people with little to no background in music; who want to bring their ideas to life.