> It could perhaps in time create a song that is, on the surface, indistinguishable from an original, but it will always be a replication, a kind of burlesque.

I read this sentiment on HN before and I doubt it. If it’s indistinguishable (ignore for now the qualifier “on the surface”) then what distinguishes it? No true songwriter?

I just dunno if it is a useful way to think about song writing or other art creation.