Per Fox Business, a Gallup analysis of a study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics finds little evidence that generative AI has broadly reduced artists’ earnings. The analysis used a 2024 occupational exposure index to score how much tasks in different artistic roles are exposed to generative AI. Reported exposure scores include 0.7 for music directors and composers, 0.54 for special effects artists and animators, about 0.5 for disc jockeys and art directors, and low scores such as 0.04 for dancers and 0.18 for actors, according to Fox Business. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics employment and wage data from 2017 to 2024, Gallup’s analysis finds earnings trends for higher-exposure artistic occupations broadly similar to lower-exposure ones, with point estimates slightly positive but not statistically distinguishable from zero. Employment-pattern findings were described as more mixed.
