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WILL
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E BRING AN
END TO THE
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EDUCATION?
Baz Ramaiah, Head of Policy at
the Centre for Education and
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Youth – and CLA Policy
Associate – reflects on the
rapid expansion in the impact of
AI and what that means for the
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Society has witnessed a rapid
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expansion in the accessibility
and power of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies in
space of two years, the world
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has witnessed the emergence
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the creative industries. In the
of AI platforms such as
ChatGPT being seemingly
capable of composing sonnets
and images into AI-generated
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art to match any specification;
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on any topic in a few seconds;
Midjourney transforming words
and Sora just starting to be
able to produce video content
to meet any brief. Against this
background, it’s perhaps no
wonder that the BBC screened
a short documentary in summer
2023 that asked whether
artificial intelligence is heralding
the ‘death of art’ itself.
In parallel, AI has begun to play
an increasing role in schools
and education. AI-based
platforms are currently being
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used as ‘virtual assistants’ by
teachers to design lesson plans,
teaching resources, and to
assess pupils’ work. We might
wonder whether AI also heralds
the ‘death of teaching’ itself.
But the rumours of the death of
art and teaching may be much
exaggerated. In particular, CLA
follows a large number of
industry experts who believe
that AI will not destroy the
creative industries or teaching,
but will instead change both in
ways that will place a greater
importance on the Expressive
Arts in schools – for three
connected reasons:
AI will not replace artists
and creatives – but it will
change what creative
jobs involve
AI will also change how
other industries work
The consequence of
these changes will be a
need for a renewed
approach towards the
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Expressive Arts in
schools
AI WILL NOT
REPLACE ARTISTS
AND CREATIVES –
BUT IT WILL
CHANGE WHAT
CREATIVE JOBS
INVOLVE
Disputes over the potential for
AI technologies to replace
artists and creatives have
reached fever pitch recently,
with extended strikes from
writers and actors in America in
response to the threat that AI
poses to their jobs.
However, analysts have
expressed scepticism that AI
technologies will abolish
creative jobs for three reasons:
It is worth noting that
the advent of new
technologies has often
changed the creative
process throughout
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history. A report for the
European Parliament
noted that the invention
of photography created a
new artistic medium, but
also progressed visual
artists on from painting
portraits to exploring
other media.
Nevertheless, paintings
and portraits still exist.
As such, there is good
historical reason to
believe that AI will only
change the way artists
work, rather than
replacing them.
A report from The World
Economic Forum noted
that many leaders in the
creative industries
recognise the limited
commercial viability of
work produced
exclusively by AI
technologies, noting that
the presence of artists
and artistic choices will
always be a central and
essential part of why
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humans choose to
experience art.
A team at The University
of Oxford examined
practices within the
creative industries and
found that creatives are
adapting their workflows
to get the most out of AI
technologies. This
includes drawing on AI to
generate new ideas, sort
through sketches and
drafts, and conceptualise
new modes and media
for presenting art to
audiences. The value of
being able to use new AI
technologies to augment
and extend the artistic
process has resulted in
the skills in using these
technologies being
desired in industry,
changing the shape of
what creative jobs
already look like.
Considering this evidence, it
seems unlikely that AI will
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replace artists or creatives –
however, it will change some of
the skills required to work in
those industries. Some have
even argued that AI
technologies may make the
creative professions more
accessible, especially to those
with disabilities.
AI WILL ALSO
CHANGE HOW
OTHER
INDUSTRIES WORK
‘Great replacement’ worries
about machines and AI have
been in the public
consciousness for decades.
However, the history of
technological development
suggests that the development
of AI is more likely to change
the kinds of work that we do,
rather than replacing us as
workers entirely. This will take
at least two forms:
A report by the Learning
and Work Institute finds
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that AI-driven
automation will affect
30% of current jobs. This
is especially the case for
lower technical skilled
jobs. This will mean
demand for higher
technical skills will
massively increase in the
coming decades in many
industries – from
manufacturing, to
healthcare and the
creative industries.
A separate report for the
Learning and Work
Institute also finds that
the pace of development
of AI technologies will
mean that individuals
entering the workforce
today should expect to
engage in more regular
in-service training and
retraining than has been
the case historically. This
will likely involve
retraining to enter
different professions or
different sectors entirely.
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The consequence is that
it is vital that new
entrants to the
workforce arrive with the
skills and readiness to be
able to engage in lifelong
learning.
THE
CONSEQUENCES
OF THESE
CHANGES WILL BE
NEED FOR A
RENEWED
APPROACH
TOWARDS THE
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
IN SCHOOLS
CLA has long argued that
young people should have
access to a high-quality arts
education because it brings joy,
value, and meaning to their
lives as developing citizens.
However, we have also long
argued that arts education is
also about supporting the skills
pipeline for the UK economy.
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With the demands of industry
changing, there are at least
three reasons why the
Expressive Arts must be given a
renewed and greater
prominence in education:
The expansion of AI
places a greater premium
on what AI technologies
cannot do, but what
humans can do
extremely well – be
authentically creative. As
Rose Luckin, Professor
of Learning Design at the
UCL Knowledge
Lab, argues, the role of
AI in the workplace
means that there will
need to be a greater
focus on teaching
creativity and the
creative subjects in
schools to create the
core skills that will be
most in need in the
future workforce.
As AI will require lifelong
upskilling and reskilling, it
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is important to ensure
that young people enter
the workforce with a
readiness to engage in
this lifelong learning. The
government’s own
research highlights that
one of the main
determinants of whether
an adult chooses to
pursue mid-career
learning opportunities is
their experience of
education in general. In
particular, if they have
had a positive experience
of education (including
associating education
with stimulation,
challenge and joy) then
they are more likely to
decide to pursue lifelong
learning opportunities.
As a
consequence, it is vital
that we make school a
positive experience for
young people. Surveys of
young people highlight
that the Expressive Arts
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are a key source of joy in
schools, with the
diminishing role of the
arts in education perhaps
associated with falls in
young people’s
enjoyment of school. As
such, a greater role for
the arts in schools could
be a vital means of
supporting the lifelong
learning mindset that the
workforce of the future
will require.
Once the Expressive Arts
have the place and
prominence in school
that the economy
demands, there might
need to be some
consideration of the
creative skills that young
people acquire. For
example, The Harvard
Business Review notes
that young people may
have to develop skills in
working with AI-based
technologies for creative
purposes – such as
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“prompt engineering” –
to understand how best
to feed information into
AI engines.
CONCLUSION
The greater role of Artificial
Intelligence in civic and
economic life poses many
questions and challenges.
However, it also poses several
opportunities. In particular, for
CLA, it suggests new pathways
for restoring the central role for
the Expressive Arts within
school life that young people
need and deserve.
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