AI is coming for creative workers too

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Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Creative Workers Too Aaron Bastani: When it comes to artificial intelligence, and its implications for work, it can be hard to discern "cope" from outright ignorance. One example is the refrain that creativity, and therefore the creative industries, are somehow immune from technological disruption. This perspective was captured by researchers from innovation charity Nesta in 2015, when they wrote: "creativity is inversely related to computerisability". If poetry is that which can not be translated, creativity is that which is incapable of automation. Such an assessment is obviously stupid. Swathes of creative work have already been automated over the last five centuries: manuscripts with beautiful calligraphy gave way to moveable print more than half a millennium ago – a process which has only required less human labour ever since. It was the same with textile and ceramic manufacture after the early 19th century. Rather than creativity being something beyond automation, the very essence of the Industrial Age was deskilling creative artisanal labour. So why would any intelligent person believe it? Because it is convenient and re-assuring. Automation in blue collar jobs was seen as inevitable, and sometimes uncritically celebrated, because the people writing the headlines and op-eds and commissioning the documentaries weren't the ones losing out. And while they covered the plight of workers in manufacturing, it was simply more expedient to believe the same could never happen to them. Yet it increasingly seems that the opposite is true. Far from bypassing white collar industries, machine learning is coming for them first. CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... REPORT A Bailiff Was Arrested for a Firearms Offence After a 'Brutal' Attempt to Illegally Evict Squatters by Charlotte England Bailiffs with illegal weapons tried to evict squatters from a former Tory councillor's empty factory. Cops arrested a bailiff and let squatters back in again. Read more... REPORT 'I Felt My Rib Give': People Attacked By Police While Protesting Anti-Drag Demo Speak Out by Clare Hymer People opposing a rightwing demo say they were crushed, kicked and beaten by police officers, with one even being "picked up by the throat and thrown". Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ Support independent journalism. We've got big plans for our written journalism, aiming to bring you even more analysis, opinion and reporting than we've been able to before. Setting up a regular monthly donation is the best way to help us sustain our work, grow our output, and expand our reach. Support us with a monthly donation from just £1 per month to help us to plan our future, and be more resilient in the media space.  Alternatively, you can support us with a one-off donation. We know times are really tough, so any support you give does not go unnoticed. Thanks so much – we couldn't do this without you. Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

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