{"id":71160,"date":"2025-08-15T21:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71160\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:30:19","slug":"is-ai-coming-for-your-creative-job-maybe-not-with-some-human-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71160\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AI coming for your creative job? Maybe not \u2013 with some human intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many writers, actors and other creatives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20240612-the-people-making-ai-sound-more-human\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">currently experiencing a small wave of panic about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over<\/a> their jobs. <\/p>\n<p>Generative AI (GenAI) is making machine learning and creative work more accessible to everyone. But for industry professionals, the rise of generative AI can signal the destruction of creative jobs. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, according to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_Report_2025.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI will create more jobs in the next five years than it will displace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are four scholars in different creative industries hoping to explore educational approaches to AI. We want to help prepare the next generation to innovate within human-AI collaborative frameworks. To do this, we have begun to confer with other creative professionals through an online survey. <\/p>\n<p>What if AI can actually support human creativity and productivity? Can we use these technologies to our advantage? What we can expect for the future?<\/p>\n<p>We believe creative professionals can harness new technologies while still upholding their foundational creative and ethical principles.<\/p>\n<p>How AI is being used in creative sectors<\/p>\n<p>AI is becoming deeply embedded within the operational <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10462-021-10039-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">workflows of creative industries<\/a>, from a nascent concept to an integrated reality.<\/p>\n<p>Media and creative workers have gone on strike to protest the use of AI, sparking important conversations. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/29\/opinion\/wga-strike-deal-ai-jobs.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screenwriters in Hollywood<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/writersunion.ca\/advocacy\/artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Writers\u2019 Union of Canada<\/a> have raised concerns and helped shape new policies around AI and creative work. <\/p>\n<p>Within media production, large language models (LLMs) can facilitate the rapid prototyping of narrative concepts, scripts and audiovisual materials, while automated editing platforms and AI-driven visual effects create massive efficiency gains in post-production. This technological integration allows creators to shift their focus from laborious manual tasks to higher-level creative refinement. <\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/jpmtr.org\/jpmtr_13(2024)1_web_2320.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">graphic communication<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esko.com\/en\/resources\/2025-packaging-trends\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">packaging<\/a>, AI and machine learning are acknowledged drivers of change. AI can enhance processes from ideation to production logistics like sorting and personalized web-to-print platforms. In the realm of Digital Asset Management, AI is instrumental in improving <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.69554\/GEEM6295\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asset discoverability<\/a> and utility through automated metadata tagging and sophisticated image recognition. <\/p>\n<p>Journalism is also undergoing a significant transformation. AI has been used for a while now to analyze large datasets for investigative reporting, but LLMs now routinely streamline article summarization. More advanced applications are emerging: AI systems are designed to identify news values and auto-generate articles from live events. Major news organizations like the Financial Times and The New York Times are already deploying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/613989\/new-york-times-internal-ai-tools-echo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI tools in their newsrooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ethical challenges<\/p>\n<p>The integration of AI is not without considerable challenges. <\/p>\n<p>The generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/cape-breton\/twelve-minutes-ahead-cape-breton-caught-in-ai-time-warp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fabricated information<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/chicago-sun-times-ai-book-list-1.7539016\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">non-existent sources<\/a> are documented failures. These examples highlight critical issues with accuracy and reliability. <\/p>\n<p>Many people have said they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/shephyken\/2017\/06\/10\/half-of-people-who-encounter-artificial-intelligence-dont-even-realize-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">do not fully understand the extent to which AI<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3679318.3685388\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">incorporated into their standard software<\/a>. This disparity between deployment and user consciousness underscores the subtle yet pervasive nature of AI\u2019s integration. This points to an urgent need for greater transparency and digital literacy. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"adult students sit at a desk with computer screens facing out.\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/file-20250714-56-eu9d8i.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>              Students at the creative AI Symposium at TMU present their projects incorporating AI and analytics tools.<br \/>\n              (YYZ Media\/TMU), Author provided (no reuse)<\/p>\n<p>Bias and intellectual property<\/p>\n<p>Models trained on vast, uncurated internet data often replicate and amplify existing societal biases. For example, studies demonstrate persistent issues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3461702.3462624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anti-Muslim bias<\/a> in LLMs. <\/p>\n<p>      Read more:<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/artificial-intelligence-can-discriminate-on-the-basis-of-race-and-gender-and-also-age-173617\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial intelligence can discriminate on the basis of race and gender, and also age<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, urgent ethical and legal questions regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.5009668\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intellectual property<\/a> have emerged. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.5009668\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">training of LLMs on copyrighted content<\/a> without compensation has created significant friction. For example, the pending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/27\/business\/media\/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times litigation against OpenAI<\/a> highlights unresolved issues of fair use and remuneration for creative work.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, GenAI demonstrates considerable potential to democratize creative production. These tools, by lowering technical barriers and automating complex processes, can provide access to individuals and groups historically excluded from creative fields due to resource or educational constraints. <\/p>\n<p>Specific applications are already enhancing media accessibility, such as AI-powered tools that automatically generate alt text for images and subtitles for video content. <\/p>\n<p>Navigating this dual-use landscape necessitates the adoption of robust governance frameworks. Fostering industry-wide equity, diversity and innovation education is essential to mitigate risks while harnessing GenAI\u2019s potential for an inclusive creative ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Labour and skill evolution<\/p>\n<p>Technological revolutions have historically catalyzed significant transformations in <a href=\"https:\/\/statsinsights.hillstrategies.com\/p\/artists-in-the-pandemic-recent-and\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">creative labour markets<\/a> and GenAI represents the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/copyright-policy-publications\/results-survey-artist-content-creators.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disruptive force.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The proliferation of GenAI has once again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2024\/02\/ai-creative-industries-davos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reshaped the creative industries<\/a>, demanding new professional competencies. <\/p>\n<p>Human creativity and intervention are indispensable, providing cultural and contextual accuracy. Humans must also review AI-generated content for quality and inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this shift, higher education institutions need to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j48wsYRlYaE?feature=shared\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recalibrate curricula<\/a>  from tool-specific training towards fostering curiosity, ethical reasoning and AI literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many writers, actors and other creatives are currently experiencing a small wave of panic about artificial intelligence (AI)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-71160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}