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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lauren Taylor

Kate Humble: ‘In the age of AI, there might be an artisan uprising’

The ‘Springwatch’ presenter says she doesn’t have ‘the creative gene’ but ‘I’m really good at manual labour, and my kind of creative side actually is with cooking’ - (Andrew Montgomery)

Despite self-describing as “the least crafty person in the world”, TV presenter Kate Humble is a bit of a “fan girl” for anyone with the skills to craft things by hand.

“With the rise of AI and the whole workplace changing so quickly – if you’re a writer or photographer or in TV, AI can do all this s**t for us,” says the 55-year-old. “So there’s actually been a resurgence in people wanting to learn how to make things, build a drywall or do blacksmithery, because people are fearing that AI will take away white collar jobs.”

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