Alex Galbraith on Music Platforms and Audience Expectations

Addressed record

Boy George remained the song’s author because he wrote its lyrics and melody and used AI as a creative collaborator.

“The fact that no one made it, that it’s the creation of a machine, only intensifies the sick, empty feeling.”

Speaker capacity

Senior writer publishing signed cultural commentary in Salon

Editorial rationale

The signed commentary directly condemns both the AI process and the resulting claim to artistic creation.