[doingtheiroming]

It's amusing that they actually use the word guild. If the medieval guilds had their way London would still only have one bridge. The irony here is that creatives have an advantage that workers in every other industry lack. Humans value and will continue to value artisinally produced goods. Creatives will always have that in a way that 18th Century weavers and spinners did not. That appreciation also leads to the creative industries being subsidised essentially everywhere in a way that is likely to increase over time rather than decreasing.

Will the rise of AI reduce opportunities for creatives? Almost certainly, but unlike essentially all other industries, it won't be wiped out by the rise of automation because humans won't stop liking things that are created by humans. As in music, there will be a shift to performance where customers / clients are engaged in the creative process. In many ways, it will be a return to something like the golden age of portraiture as people pay for engagement.

There are huge opportunities for creatives in the age of AI to create new art forms, created in new ways for new kinds of consumer. Creatives can choose to engage with that or to throw sabots. As London's liverymen show, guilds cannot stop the tide, the opportunity is to become something new that floats on the rising waters.

[corimaith]

This. Entertainment is not a zero-sum game, people are quite happy to enjoy two great works rather than one. The margins of profit might be lowered, but so too will be the costs of production in AI.

[viraptor]

You seem very optimistic.

> That appreciation also leads to the creative industries being subsidised essentially everywhere in a way that is likely to increase over time rather than decreasing.

Not only had it been decreasing for some time now, people are excited about making good-enough music in AI generators. I'm even surprised by your use of "subsidised" rather then "paid for".

We had a chance for the sponsors during the best times of Patreon. Now it's just going to get worse.

[chucke1992]

> If the medieval guilds had their way London would still only have one bridge

Damn, this phrase is gold.

[1oooqooq]

it's a neo liberal dogma.

if it weren't from guilds all towers and bridges would have collapsed and Maritime trade world never have happened.

then, many centuries later, and land owner elite capture, the guilds become in England just an extension of the peerage system and then it becomes what that phrase above describes. btw most medical labour organizations today work like that protectionism scheme and nobody complain much.

[doingtheiroming]

It might well be neoliberal dogma but the rose that got walked through London last week by the Watermen is a reminder that it is also true.

People should complain much more about doctors’ guilds. There are limits on how many doctors can be trained in the US and the U.K. largely as a result of lobbying by doctors’ guilds. They’re called professional associations these days but let’s not pretend they confine themselves to enforcing professional standards.

[1oooqooq]

you're agreeing with me.

my point is that you can't throw the whole history of guilds under the bus just because the term was stolen by shady corporativism and peerage.

[DEADMINCE]

Utter trash like the Fast and the Furious movies are some of the biggest selling and most popular content.

This kind of content can absolutely be replaced by automation and IMO most people will be more than happy with generated content.