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Susan Luckman, Professor of Culture and Creative Industries, Adelaide University

What the backlash to the Industrial Revolution can teach us about handcrafts in the age of AI

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Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t yet causing widespread job losses in Australia. But with some high-profile business leaders still predicting a looming unemployment “crisis” it’s little wonder many people fear AI is coming for their job.

Anxiety about automation dates back to the early days of the industrial revolution. We know with the benefit of hindsight that the machinery of mass production ultimately did upend the lives of many workers and transform the world.

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