Joseph Politano

Author, Apricitas Economics

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“America has lost more than 200k jobs in “creative” industries over the last four years, with roughly 50k lost within the last year alone.”
AI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassApricitas Economics, September 27, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Opening claim of the essay, drawing on US employment data for media, film and the arts.
“Proving the exact amount of AI-driven job loss in the arts is extremely difficult. Media firms are decidedly coy about their AI use, both to protect against public backlash and, more financially important, to preserve the legal basis for their copyrights.”
AI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassApricitas Economics, September 27, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Politano on why AI's share of the losses cannot be measured directly.
“Right now, AI-driven job displacement has been relatively minor outside of these few narrow sectors.”
AI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassApricitas Economics, September 27, 2026. Speaking as: Other. From the essay's conclusion, comparing the arts and tech sector with the wider labor market.
“In other words, the primary impacts of AI art will be on culture and society rather than the macroeconomy.”
AI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassApricitas Economics, September 27, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Politano's conclusion about the scale of AI's effect on the arts.

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    AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class

    Economics newsletter Apricitas reports that US creative industries lost over 200,000 jobs in four years, with movie and TV hit hardest. Author Joseph Politano says AI's share cannot be proven, weighs causes, and expects AI's main effects to be cultural rather than macroeconomic.