Fuck AI

Not going to work unless the government has somehow unlimited resources. Otherwise why would they spend money and resources on something they don’t know how popular would it be?

Why wouldn't they know how popular it would be? They can see popular demand and social media and trends, the same as any privately owned company does when they do market research.

They can still do test products to see if new products are popular too, just like private companies do today.

What reward do those independent creators receive in exchange of doing their art? Do they just work for free?

Do you think people only create art when they can get paid for it? It's the exact opposite! Without the need to be paid, they can make whatever art they want. Creating art is its own reward, they can still express themselves and share it with the public.

And sometimes they succeed and other times they don’t. In a planned economy you’d essentially be stuck with whatever the government monopoly has decided to manufacture and you won’t have any other choice.

That's only the case if the central planners need to ration. Surely you can imagine a planned economy that offers choices.

It's not like everyone needs to wear burlap and drinks Soylent.