America has lost 200k of jobs in media, film and the arts. How much is AI?
The article reports that the US has lost more than 200k jobs in media, film, and arts over four years, with roughly 50k lost in the past year. Movie and sound recording lost over 100k jobs, nearly a third of that sector. Written publishing lost over 70k. The author says AI's share is hard to isolate, citing consolidation, offshoring, and displacement by social media creators. The piece compares the situation to the internet-era disruption of music and newspapers.
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- Primary sourceHacker News · AI
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- Linked in sourceRoughly 32% of workers in the overall arts, entertainment, and recreation sector use Generative AI to some extent
- Linked in sourceless than the 62% average across all industries
- Linked in sourceUnemployment is higher than it was four years ago but still below even the 2010s average
- Linked in sourcejob turnover rates remain extremely low
- Linked in sourcelegal
- Linked in sourceengineering
- Linked in sourcetrillions of dollars investors are currently betting on it
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The article reports that the US has lost more than 200k jobs in media, film, and arts over four years, with roughly 50k lost in the past year. Movie and sound recording lost over 100k jobs, nearly a third of that sector. Written publishing lost over 70k. The author says AI's share is hard to isolate, citing consolidation, offshoring, and displacement by social media creators. The piece compares the situation to the internet-era disruption of music and newspapers.
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- US media, film, and arts lost over 200k jobs in four years, about 50k in the last year.
- Movie and sound recording lost over 100k jobs, nearly one-third of the sector's total.
- Written publishing lost more than 70k jobs over the same period.
- The author notes AI's effect is hard to disentangle from consolidation, offshoring, and creator competition.
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