Will AI replace you?

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Perspective Media
January 26, 2025

THIS WEEK’S DEEP DIVE
AI: A wake-up call
BY KHALED BAZZI

Khaled Bazzi examines AI's rapid evolution from the perspective of a creative professional grappling with its impact. Drawing on his experience as a graphic designer, he argues that while AI tools pose existential questions for creative industries, they could liberate human creativity if properly regulated and integrated.

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In the News

OpenAI unveils autonomous AI agent

While CEO Sam Altman touts the tool's potential to enhance productivity, questions remain about its implications for human workers.

www.perspectivemedia.com/openai-unveils-ai-agent-which-can-complete-tasks-on-the-web-autonomously

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We think this is going to be a big trend in AI and really impact the work people can do, how productive they can be, what they can accomplish

SAM ALTMAN

Samsung: AI users will take jobs, not AI itself

Samsung mobile exec Annika Bizon argues that future job losses will come from competition with AI-enabled workers rather than AI itself.

www.perspectivemedia.com/people-using-ai-will-take-jobs-in-the-future-not-ai-itself-samsung-exec-says

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“How do you make these tools really give you back time and take the mundane away? That, for me, is the real game changer”

ANNIKA BIZON

Vicky Pattison to release deepfake pornography using her face in TV documentary

The Channel 4 show comes as ministers seek to crack down on sexually-explicit deepfake images.

www.perspectivemedia.com/vicky-pattison-to-release-deepfake-pornography-using-her-face-in-tv-documentary

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“I want this documentary to bring attention to the imbalance of power and encourage society, lawmakers and tech companies to provide stronger protections”

VICKY PATTISON

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Our low-down on big issues

Even AI porn needs consent

Kate Devlin examines the rise of AI-generated pornography and its troubling implications for consent. As artificial intelligence makes it easier to create deepfakes and explicit content, she argues that both technological and ethical frameworks must evolve to protect individuals from exploitation.

www.perspectivemedia.com/even-ai-porn-needs-consent

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Life was simpler when we found our porn in hedges

Past futures

Mic Wright explores how past visions of the future shape our expectations of the present, from dystopian warnings to utopian dreams. While we often focus on dark predictions, he argues that imagining better outcomes - like those in Kim Stanley Robinson's and Iain M Banks' work - might inspire real solutions to humanity's challenges.

www.perspectivemedia.com/past-futures

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As AI begins to intrude on so many aspects of our lives, it can feel like the dystopian shadow is growing

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