FT essay makes the moral case for human music as Suno CEO comments enrage musicians
JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-10-19
A Financial Times essay, "The moral case for human music," is resonating across AI circles. It revisits Suno CEO Mikey Shulman's January 2025 podcast remarks: making music "isn't really enjoyable" because instruments and production software take years to master, and "the majority of people don't enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music." The clip went viral among musicians — not for applause, but for the outrage it sparked.
The essay argues that human music must balance intrinsic value (craft), extrinsic value (consumption), and societal value (public goods), and that AI-generated content is making that alignment increasingly difficult.
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