Benjamin Wolff

The intersecting trends of talent scarcity and AI means that traditional hiring metrics are out. Instead, look for employees who bring an unusual background to their job.

In 1993 Xerox PARC created PAIR, a unique artist-in-residence program. As we look to an AI-mediated future, the lessons from that experiment are more important than ever.

Artistry and craft are the foundation of MycoWorks, a biomaterials company partnering with some of today’s leading fashion brands. According to its artist-founders, Phil Ross and Sophia Wang, these core values lend them a competitive edge in a high-tech industry.

For the creative professions, the rise of generative A.I. feels like an existential threat. But a familiar technology, invented 184 years ago, can show us how to adapt and thrive in a new reality.

On November 8, California voters passed Proposition 28, an act that guarantees 1% of the K-12 budget go towards arts and music education. With almost no opposition, the success of this effort shows that the public is ahead of its leaders when it comes to valuing the arts.

The next generation of virtual worlds must focus on our shared humanity. That’s why EY’s Cognitive Human Enterprise and the New Museum’s NEW INC are bringing together artists and engineers to imagine a different kind of metaverse.

With an innovative residency program at Ginkgo Bioworks, artists are helping to shape the future of synthetic biology.

Recent data and analysis from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows that the first year of the pandemic caused the most severe economic setback for the arts and culture sector in the last 22 years. But there are also reasons for hope.

A nearly ten year commitment to bringing the arts in-house is giving Thoughtworks a unique perspective on the value of pairing artists with engineers.

From robotics to AI, the careers of tomorrow will require creative, interdisciplinary, and humanist thinking. Liberal arts graduates are poised to succeed in this new and transfigured world.