NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricit…
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AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class apricitas.io
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI notus.org
What AI is doing to jobs in creative fields marketplace.org
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Druckenmiller admits his Op-Ed was written with AI this morning, at the absolute bare minimum this should shift the editorial standards at the WSJ www.notus.org/media/stanle...
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- Stanley Druckenmiller confirmed his WSJ column criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was written with AI, and said he was not embarrassed.
- A Pangram detection test posted by economist Claudia Sahm flagged the op-ed as '100 percent' AI-generated.
- WSJ editorial page editor Paul Gigot defended publishing the piece without an AI-use disclosure.
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Was an honor to speak to Marketplace on NPR this morning about my piece on AI-driven arts job loss & what it means for creative industries. Give it a listen! www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...
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- The U.S. has lost more than 200,000 jobs in creative industries over four years, with roughly 50,000 of those gone in the last year.
- Film and TV shed more than 100,000 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce; written publishing lost over 70,000 in the same period.
- Economist Joseph Politano calls it one of the worst stretches for U.S. media employment, while cautioning that AI's exact share is hard to isolate.
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Again he’s really losing it with the AI stuff now
he’s really losing it with the AI stuff
US AI investment inched up to another record high in data released this morning, exceeding a $450B/yr pace for the first time It's now the largest single category of US physical investment, more than single-family homes, factories, power plants, and more
I have jumbled thoughts on the Hank Green AI "scandal," but the primary one is that regardless of your views on the *morality* of AI, you can't rely on it too much purely to maintain individuality I already have ChatGPT. If I want its opinion, I can ask it myself. You must deliver something *else*
US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, exceeding a pace of $68B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending is up 46% over the last year and 392% since ChatGPT's launch
Hard to overstate the degree to which AI-related imports have completely reshaped US trade flows at this point Another record high for computer & parts imports in official data released this morning, tracking at nearly $700B annualized, up 126% over the last year alone
US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, hitting a pace of nearly $60B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending's up 23% over the last year and 328% since ChatGPT's launch
US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, exceeding a pace of $75B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending is up 57% over the last year and 442% since ChatGPT's launch
The Census Bureau's official quarterly financial data came out this week, and companies in the information technology sector broke another investment record amidst the AI boom Net holdings of property, plant, & equipment are up more than $350B over the last year alone
US data center construction reached another new record high in official data released today, nearing a pace of $85B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending is up 73% over the last year and 513% since ChatGPT's launch
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