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Guide, steer, repeat: applications of AI in arts, culture and creativity and how Australia should respond
This paper looks at the ways Australians are now using artificial intelligence (AI) in arts, culture and creativity, and explains how government and industry are responding to its emerging impacts.
AI is already woven into Australians’ cultural and creative activities, helping creators brainstorm and refine ideas, and audiences access and participate. Why and how we use AI determines whether it will generate benefits or cause harm to people and communities.
Governments have the opportunity to harness the knowledge of industry on the impacts of AI in arts, culture and creativity, acknowledge these impacts in cultural policies, and respond to them through a cross-portfolio approach. Arts and culture can also be used to help Australians work out how to apply AI in safe, innovative and inclusive ways.
Findings
- Australians are using AI across arts and culture, but with some caution.
- Governments and cultural and creative industries are responding.
- There is untapped potential to use arts and culture to steer AI.
Informed by these findings the authors identify three high-level opportunities.
