Most artists Have Every Right to Use AI - especially DHH artists

I feel like a lotta people look at AI in IHH scene in a very black-and-white way.

Most independent artists ain't backed by labels, ain't got big budgets, and can't always afford designers, cover artists, marketers, or allat. So if an artist is using AI for cover art concepts, visualizers, promo material, or other stuff outside the music itself, I don't really see the issue.

The problem ain't AI itself, it's where it's being used in the creative process.

Using AI to speed up non-creative tasks is completely different from using it to write your lyrics, make your songs, or do the actual artistic work for you.

One is just improving efficiency, the other is replacing creativity.

People act like AI is some completely foreign thing to music, but artists have always adopted new technology. DAWs, autotune, sample packs, digital distribution, all of that got pushback at some point too.

At least for me, the conversation shouldn't be "AI bad" or "AI good." It should be whether AI is helping an artist execute their vision or whether it's creating the vision for them. That's where the line is.