Let’s look at the input required for each, in the context of computer-aided music production. ‘Generated’ music: typing a prompt and pressing the RETURN key (t

Let’s look at the input required for each, in the context of computer-aided music production. ‘Generated’ music: typing a prompt and pressing the RETURN key (time required: ~10 seconds) ‘Made’ music: thinking about melody, harmony and rhythm and writing down or programming in each from scratch. Choosing sounds and MIDI instruments. Experimenting with different effects, tweaking every parameter precisely and playing around (using your ears for feedback) until you find something you like. Finally, mixing the tracks together so the whole thing sounds cohesive. (time required: ~1 hour, min.) To me, it seems hard to confuse the two processes. You may very well argue that the ‘AI’ is doing something analogous to human music production (well… architecturally it isn’t, but you could at least argue it’s equivalent in some sense), but arguing that the human who typed the prompt ‘wrote the song’ seems to be… to put it lightly, rather overstating it.