In the third and final part of his series, Dougal Perman argues the case for combining creativity and culture with being fluent in AI - and staying human. When it comes to creativity, AI may be a great enabler but it can’t read your mind (yet) and definitely won’t do everything for you. And nor should it. Like everything, you get out what you put in. Some people disregard AI … [Read more...] about AI, Creativity and Humanity (3): Responsibility
AI, creativity and humanity (2): Obstacles
In the second part of his series Douglas Perman examines the risks AI may pose to a trio of issues: copyright, the environment, and employment. Other issues such as privacy feature in Part 3. I’ve written in Sceptical Scot before about the significant challenges faced by the creative industries in Scotland since the pandemic. The economic challenge has not gone away. Costs are … [Read more...] about AI, creativity and humanity (2): Obstacles
AI, creativity and humanity (1)
Is AI as beneficial or as harmful as we choose to make it? We have to confront the harms and understand how to develop the benefits, argues Dougal Perman in a 3-part analysis for Sceptical Scot In his quest for knowledge Johnny 5 devoured culture and developed humanity. When a lightning strike brought the robot to life it gave him an insatiable hunger for input data. I love the … [Read more...] about AI, creativity and humanity (1)
Seven steps to save Scotland’s creative economy
Who said: “cutting arts funding is a false economy?” No, it wasn’t Lisa Nandy or Rachel Reeves. And it certainly wasn’t Angus Robertson or Shona Robison. It was George Osborne, who told a friend of mine exactly that at Arts Council England in 2015. The Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer hardly threw money at the arts, but at least he recognised its potential return on investment … [Read more...] about Seven steps to save Scotland’s creative economy
How to fix the Scottish cultural funding crisis?
“An attack on cultural funding is an attack on imagination,” says Robert Kilpatrick, CEO and Creative Director of the Scottish Music Industry Association. Scotland without culture is unimaginable: “without culture, what is there?”That is a fundamental question for Scotland and the Scottish Government. According to the SNP’s 2021 manifesto, “Culture is central to who we are as … [Read more...] about How to fix the Scottish cultural funding crisis?