Politano analyzes the relationship between AI and job losses in the creative industry

On September 27, 2026, Joseph Politano, author of Apricitas, published an analysis discussing the relationship between AI and job losses in the creative industry. His statistics show that the U.S. creative industry has lost more than 200,000 jobs over the past four years, including about 50,000 in the past year alone; the film and television and sound recording industry has lost more than 100,000 jobs, nearly one-third of the industry's total positions. The article argues that the decline in publishing jobs is a continuation of long-term technological change, that streaming competition and AI-generated content are squeezing the video industry's business model, and draws a parallel to the situation of newspapers, which lost nearly 85% of their jobs under the impact of the internet. The author also notes that 70% of book sales growth over the past six years came from an unexpected boost from TikTok, showing that the interaction between new technology and the business of art is difficult to predict. The analysis has currently been widely shared on Hacker News, and there have been no subsequent developments.

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   Politano analyzes the relationship between AI and job losses in the creative industries

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