AI 'Stealing' Creative Work and Creative Economy Growing 40%? The Numbers Don't Add Up (Do They?)

Creatives panicking about AI stealing their work while major orgs predict the creative economy will grow 40% by 2030. Sounds impossible, right?

This episode challenges BOTH narratives – the AI doomsday AND the rosy growth projections.

I break down what's actually happening behind these contradictory headlines and why positioning yourself between these extremes matters for your creative future.

Creative AI Jobs Rising? How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

0:00 The Choice - fair use or license....Fair Use wins!

01:32 Creative economy up 40% by 2030?

02:53 Small Side Hustles & Copywriting into AI Voices

07:32 AI-Driven Creative Careers

12:31 The Reality Check on AI Licensing: Fame Required

15:55 The Economic Bombshell Hiding in AI Copyright Lawsuits

Creative AI Jobs Rising? How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

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RESOURCES

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/sea…

Ann Handley: Everybody Writes
annhandley.com/everybodywrites/

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/lib…

How The Growing Creative Economy Will Soon Devour The Real Economy
www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2023/05/…

Creative economy 2030: Inclusive and resilient creative economy for sustainable development and recovery
www.global-solutions-initiative.org/policy-briefs-…

The creative economy takes center stage - 2021
unctad.org/news/creative-economy-takes-center-stag…

The NYT’s AI Lawsuit Hinges on a Misleading Claim—And Nobody Noticed
swenldn.substack.com/p/the-nyts-ai-lawsuit-hinges-…

Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized
www.wired.com/story/ai-copyright-case-tracker/

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