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In exchange for a deafening level of noise.

One of the things those recording engineers used to battle was a high noise floor in the signal. AI lowers that signal<>noise ratio (applying the analogy to producing music or "content").

The issue isn't the barrier of entry in terms of skill or technical expertise, it's malicious and greedy business practices. And tech is ripe with that in all new ways of its own. Institutionalized, codified psychopathy is on trial here.