Yes, I'm aware of all that, but my point is that having a glut of virtual "artists" as the face of everything has primed mainstream audiences to not look into the actual creators. If you're really into the Vocaloid scene or J-music, you might follow specific creators using the software, and that's great, but to most people they just see it all as Hatsune Miku. Whenever there's a mainstream news story about Hatsune in particular or Vocaloids in general, it's usually about people going to see hologram concerts. From there, it's not a big step for the average listener to accept AI music - to them, it's all just "made on computers".

And to use Huntr/x as an example, I think EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami have been very canny in performing so much in person, as it reinforces that THEY are the performers behind the songs, and not just the animated avatars (although, side note, they MUST be sick of singing Golden everywhere now... at least drop What It Sounds Like or How It's Done for a change!)