You shouldn't do that because it's not difficult enough

Nico Lafakis noticed something about the pushback against AI music: the reasons people give do not hold up, and they keep giving them anyway. Strip the arguments down and most land in the same place: you shouldn't do that because it's not difficult enough. Chris Carolan takes the next step and names what is actually being defended. So much identity is tied to scarcity, to being one of the few who can. Remove the difficulty and the specialness goes with it, even when the thing was never great.