One hand spent a lifetime developing something real. The other generated 75,000 imitations overnight. Only one of them moved you. A few weeks ago, Deezer, one of the major music streaming platforms, published a report. Buried in it was a number I haven't been able to stop thinking about. 44% of all new music being uploaded to their platform is AI-generated. Not 4%. Not some niche corner of the internet where tech people run experiments. Forty-four percent of all new music on

Hey, welcome back to Tech 4 Grown-Ups. I'm Michael, and today I want to talk about music, not in a nostalgic way, not in a things were better back in my day conversation, although honestly, by the time we're done today, you might feel that way a little bit. I want to talk about what's happening right now on the streaming platforms you probably use every single day. Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and I want to talk about what it reveals about us, about creativity, about what we