Trask: The 'artists' in AI debates are small business owners, not superstars
iamtrask · x · 2026-09-21
Andrew Trask clarifies an underappreciated point in the AI-vs-artists debate: the "artists" people refer to are closer to small business owners, not superstars like Taylor Swift or Kim Kardashian. He notes the opposing view comes from an elite artist getting 5.7M monthly Spotify views.
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