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Soon, AI tools will do what only very talented humans can do today. (I expect this to go mostly in the counter-intuitive order--creative fields first, cognitive labour next, and physical labour last.) Great for society; not always great for individual jobs.
Using artists as an example, when anyone can create amazing art, there will be incredible upside for humanity, but downside for most individual artists [...] Artists will be much more productive and have new capabilities, but the barrier to entry will be much lower.
Rima Sabina Aouf critiques Silicon Valley's framing of AI smart glasses and other wearable devices as solutions to harmful smartphone use. The opinion piece argues that attention-economy business models and data exploitation are structural problems, while identifying a growing appetite for playful, single-purpose hardware such as cameras, payment accessories and screen-light music players.
A Creative Boom news article by Tom May reports on the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report, which warns that graphic design is among the fastest-declining job categories due to AI automation. The piece discusses how AI’s growing capabilities threaten traditional design roles but also highlights opportunities in UI/UX and creative thinking where human skills remain valuable.