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Unfortunately, even mainstream artists known for their inventive artistry and who have even written previous songs about machinery vs. individual expression have turned to AI generated music videos. Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel both seem to have forgotten the points of their previous works “Welcome to the Machine” and “The Tower That Ate People”, respectively. There’s a difference between finding a new tool to work with vs. passing the buck of creation to a tool.
As for businesses playing things over their TV or radio, I haven’t seen AI music videos in particular. I’ve suffered through overly poppy hits (holiday-themed and otherwise) and extremely loud network shows though. I think a lot of businesses (or at least their corporate managers) don’t care if what plays on their locations’ TVs or radio is good so long as it is inoffensive, which is why sports are often on businesses’ TVs. I think people also like having some ambient stimuli, which is why Windows’ classic 3D pipes screensaver is still referenced today; while I would think the pathing for this screensaver is “AI”, it’s not a substitute for human expression but rather is a visual stimulus in the vein of a lava lamp.