will.i.am on AI's Threat to Human Creativity
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The question of how to ‘validate human sweat’ in an era of cheap generative output is moving from philosophy to product — attribution, provenance, and compensation rails will have to encode it. Brands and platforms that can credibly signal and price human creativity will have an edge with both creators and consumers.
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