What an interesting topic - I have few faves of my own I prefer as much if not more than the originals. Mia Lund's version of "Unbreakable" vs the original.

Just yesterday, I was watching this movie by Abbas Kiarostami - Certified Copy. It probably would fall in mumblecore genre - dialogue driven. Goes into deep discussions about what's the value of original vs a copy. So, all the more interesting to see this post.

There's so much more here though - for example, the bit about AI. I wonder what is it that you do not like about the AI generated covers - the quality of them, or the possibility that they did not get consent from the original creators or the possibility that they are trying to profit from that un-consented copy?

Because, these 3 are different issues. Because, we do like the algorithms "searching and surfacing" for us. You say - "I’m thankful to the algorithms and social media for bringing me the cover performed by Malavika MS (singer/songwriter) first. There were days, this played on loop."

Why do we not like them creating for us? Would be interesting to sit with it sometime over coffee may be :)