PRAIA, Cape Verde – So, they had a talkfest in Cape Verde about AI and African music. The suits are sweating bullets because Skynet is coming for their gigs, and some woke Nigerian pop star is apparently 'reclaiming' AI versions of her songs. As if that makes it less cringe.

Let's be real, the whole thing stinks of bureaucratic hand-wringing. These culture ministers are scrambling for relevance while AI threatens to make their entire industry obsolete. Fave, bless her heart, tried to make lemonade out of lemons, but the writing's on the wall: talent is getting outsourced to algorithms.

Of course, the hand-wringing over 'intellectual property' is hilarious. These are the same countries where bootlegging is a national pastime. Now they're worried about AI ripping off their 'art'? Please. And South Africa withdrawing its AI policy because the AI wrote ITSELF? That's not just irony, that's peak clown world.

Benito Lopes, some director dude, is spouting the usual PR about 'human identity' and 'creativity.' Meanwhile, Augusto Jorge de Albuquerque Veiga, the Culture Minister, wants more cash. Shocking. He's shaking down the tourism tax and hitting up the diaspora in Boston and Lisbon. Always follow the money, folks.

This whole 'expo' reeks of virtue signaling. 'Look at us, being concerned about the future!' Meanwhile, the future is already here, and it's replacing human musicians with code. Patche di Rima, some old singer, whining about needing media and networking? Dude, you need a better algorithm.

They're all saying AI is just a 'tool' for mixing and mastering. Yeah, right. Just like the printing press was 'just a tool' for scribes. Sure, some indie artists might get a boost, but the big labels are gonna weaponize this thing to pump out soulless garbage even faster.

This Jose Moura from 'Sona' says AI can 'empower' artists. Empower them to do what? Compete with machines? Good luck with that. It's the classic 'learn to code' scam, but for musicians. The elites will profit. Normal people? Not so much. So, enjoy the last few gigs from actual musicians before the robots take over. It was good while it lasted, but you can't stop the future. Cope.