I think one problem with 'beating the bots' is that 'the bots' are just as capable as humans at mass-producing the works that a majority of humans actually prefer.

Anodyne, tasteless, airline meal pap.

Those of us with what we consider refined cultural interests (snobs?) constantly complain that all pop music and all Hollywood movies are simply formulaic factory reworkings of previous output. Sausage casings filled with pink slime and marketed in a shiny wrapper.

Devoid of any creative spark or psychological insight.

Which is true.

And is why LLMs, even in their current rudimentary state, are eminently capable of fulfilling that role.

No, they won't ever (except by infinite monkey chance) produce anything original that opens humanity's doors of perception even a millimetre.

But that's not what most people want, nor can appreciate.

[Culture snob rant ends.]