The article discusses the growing threat of artificial intelligence to creative professions, emphasizing how AI tools can produce entertainment content, such as plays and performances, often at a lower cost than human creators. Although the quality of AI-generated art is often questioned, the economic motive behind using these technologies poses a significant risk to jobs in the creative sector. With millions of jobs potentially at stake, the concern isn't just about the artwork produced, but the overarching implications for creative industries and artists fighting to remain relevant amidst this change.
The fear that the people with money in seats of power are going to decide that mediocre art that is made cheaply by a machine is a better investment than actual people who cost more money to employ but might make better art feels real.
In 2023, Goldman Sachs published a report that estimated that 300 million jobs are at risk of having some (or all) of their work conducted by AI automation.
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