"In the world of record labels, listening to a song and being inspired by it to create another is always seen as a crime: anything that “sounds minimally similar” or that “evokes in some way” one of their songs has to be hunted down."

How is an algorithm "listening" to a song and being "inspired" (or prompted) to create another different than a human listening to a song and being inspired to create another?

One of the first questions potential bandmates ask each other is "Who are your influences?"