When tracks by fictional artists Breaking Rust and Cain Walker earned top 10 status on Billboard‘s Country Digital Song Sales in November through the use of artificial intelligence, Nashville’s music community wrung its figurative hands, fearful what the future will bring now that the AI genie has permanently escaped the bottle.

The technology wasn’t a surprise — some country songwriters have been Suno wrestling for the better part of a year — but the way in which it was employed in those public recordings was disturbing. It broke informal rules that professional music makers have employed in their own work and raised important questions about the future of music creation.

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