Creator AI Tools, Inventing Our Destruction, and Socrates

Creator 3×3 argues that some creators will lose the AI transition while others will benefit greatly, and that creators should start paying attention now. The newsletter draws a parallel between past inventions, such as photography, synthetic music and the printing press, which each caused disruption for certain creators while also enabling new careers. It cites Socrates' warning in Plato's Phaedrus that writing would produce forgetfulness, and notes that AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and Jasper are now widely available to creators. The author states that artists whose styles and intellectual property are replicated by generative tools should be compensated, but says they are not yet sure how to achieve this.