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AI Wrote a Hit Country Song. Should We Care?

Would you pay to talk to an AI version of your favourite celebrity? What if your favourite song wasn’t written by a person at all? Richard Crouse breaks down how artificial intelligence is reshaping fame, music, and the idea of what’s real.

From chart-topping AI “artists” to voice licensing deals from Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine, this episode explores the strange new normal: digital celebrities, synthetic emotion, and the ghostwritten future of culture. If the voice sounds right, and the words are good—do we…

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