The question is not if AI replaces mediocre pop, but how the best music producers learn to use AI. Do they make more music or better music? Someone will create an AI tool that has 100s of knobs and producers and artists can work with them just like they do with their colleagues. The question is if people see the difference.

Typically, the intelligence behind pop-song is someone like Max Martin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin, see Max Martin production discography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin_production_discogra...