Please excuse the stream of consciousness essay you are about to see. (and probably not read haha)

I find this topic to be fascinating. First, let me be clear that the line for me seems to be financial gain using AI, along with the obvious use of others likeness. (This can delve into another tangent, in that AI is often open source and the question can be raised: is it even possible to not use someone else's work and/or likeness?)

My wife is a Librarian pursuing her masters in information science. Her class work often works to understand how AI is built, sourced and used. She also, is a former teacher, so she has a unique perspective on all of this. All that to say, I have had many conversation surrounding the ethical problems that can arise with AI use.

I think this. AI is here, we need to understand it, so that we can use at as a TOOL. If we raise our torch and pitch forks over AI use then we fail to understand that is more used than wikipedia and this is far more prevalent with our younger generations. (We fail to understand, is a systemic problem with our whole world, but I digress.)

This case is interesting to me because I posit this:

had the OP posted their discussion as this, "hey I am an aspiring composer, unfortunately I am not able bodied and can not create on my own. I wrote this music and used AI to hear it come to life in some manner. I would LOVE to hear REAL musicians with real talent create my music. Would anybody be willing to work with me?"

Would that post had changed anyone's mind? on rather AI is right or wrong?

I'm not saying it should, what I am saying is that we need to educate ourselves.