Creatives face 'create and starve' dilemma — and that's why AI is taking their jobs
im_mansigupta · x · 2026-09-18
The quoted post lays out the creator's dilemma: full-time authors average just $20k a year, many never publish, and capitalism structurally doesn't reward creativity — which is exactly why AI ends up taking creative jobs. The main author responds that economic and social systems should exist to free humans to be creative and engage with nature, using the AI-vs-creatives debate to question what our systems are for.
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