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with AI Platforms like https://www.suno.ai/ -the capabilities are indeed mindblowing. - We do need protection for artists, but the tech itself is amazing and will only get better. Not sure that limiting the tech is the answer..historically that has never really worked.

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It definitely worked in the case of Napster! It was a technological setback that bought time for the incumbent industry to catch up. Lots of parallels here actually.

I wouldn't agree with that, there are plenty of levers available to limit tech, especially for anything resource intensive like AI. Electric cars could have been mainstream 100 years ago without a concerted effort to stop them. Plus Napster as the sibling mentioned, and many more examples.

>Electric cars could have been mainstream 100 years ago without a concerted effort to stop them

Huh? What's the source

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