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To establish a conceptual typology for analyzing how the benefits and harms of generative AI are unevenly distributed across creative labour in cultural industries.

August 14, 2026AI & SocietyOpen Access

Creative labour and generative AI: a typology of asymmetrical relations

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To establish a conceptual typology for analyzing how the benefits and harms of generative AI are unevenly distributed across creative labour in cultural industries.
Constructed a theoretical typology structured across three dimensions: contractual relations, forms of automation, and workflows.
Framed the analysis using the concept of distributed creative agency, mediated through practices, artefacts, and social structures.
Delineated contractual relations into formal, self-employed, and platform-mediated categories alongside artisanal, industrial, and informational workflows.
Categorized generative AI deployment into four operational automation modes: replacement, augmentation, humanly extended automation, and control.

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Conceptual framework uncovers uneven impacts of generative AI across creative workers, highlighting how contractual terms, automation types, and workflows shape labour outcomes.

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Bueno et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec69fb70b84ec8b912ca3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-03267-4

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Conceptual framework uncovers uneven impacts of generative AI across creative workers, highlighting how contractual terms, automation types, and workflows shape labour outcomes.

Creative labour and generative AI: a typology of asymmetrical relations

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Creative labour and generative AI: a typology of asymmetrical relations

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