TSMN and the use of so-called "artificial intelligence" in music creation

I was re-reading What is The Social Music Network and realizing that it doesn’t address the role of the so-called artificial intelligence in music creation. Partly this is due to the fact that TSMN focuses on fair music distribution and discovery and fair trade for music makers. How that music is created is like out of scope.

But is it? Clearly all music is welcome regardless of genres, instruments used, DAWs etc used… but do we take a stance on music disclosed or known to have been created using AI? Especially music created through prompts, “vibe” composing or producing if that’s a word (as opposed to other uses like i.e. mastering where it is between hard and impossible to tell unless the creators say it).

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I’m keen to see what others think. But FWIW I think auto-generation of music creates fairness issues, for all the same reasons auto-generated code creates software freedom issue (eg mediocre-at-best quality, inherent copyright violation, auto-generated works being public domain). As well as a few that are unique to cultural creation, such as risks of impersonation. If music discovery tools are flooded with slop, how do human musicians get discovered, and how do audiences find them?

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