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# Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’ | Fortune

*Urbanist Richard Florida addresses large creative-sector job losses, including a quarter of New York film jobs, arguing AI both enhances and eliminates work while cities gain importance.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 6, 2026

Source: [Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’ | Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/rise-creative-class-author-richard-florida-ai-grind-jobs/) — Fortune

## Human take

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Everything is a pro and a con in the universe. Water can kill yet is needed for life. It will follow that AI is a double-edged sword. If the cons are commiserate with the pros, then AI being a superpower may cause superpower-level cons.