Ripple Effect is a video essay exploring the ways that A.I is affecting work in America. Through a mix of research, interviews, and historical analysis we will observe our present to make predictions about our future.

1). A.I. is Here...

2). Creative Controversy

3). Suits, Ties, and Suburbs

4). Technological Unemployment

5). Conclusion

Table of Contents

A.I. is Here - Pose the question

"What are the unforeseen effects of A.I entering the labor market”

A.I. is Here - Shot selection

B-roll - "Plagerism and You(tube)" Hbomberguy.

Medium Shot- "How Spotify Manucators Gay Culture" Alexander Avila.

Creative Controversy - Content

• How the gig economy has contributed to layoffs, increased production, and the use of A.I.

• Capturing the current controversy reguarding the use of A.I in animation

• Pros and cons of A.I. in creative spaces

Creative Controversy - Shot Selection

Medium Shot- "I read every Halo novel and became the Master Chief of loneliness" Polygon.

Suits, Ties, and Suburbs - Content

• The effects of mass economic exodus

• The rise of the white collar workforce (Interviews with experts)

• How the white collar workforce shaped suburbs

Suits, Ties, and Suburbs - Shot Selection

B-roll - Adobe

Digital Interview - New York Times

Technological Unemployment - Content

• Techno-optimism

• What is "Technological Unemployment"

• "The Useless Class"

• What choices are being made and whos making them?

Suits, Ties, and Suburbs - Shot Selection

Medium-close Shot- "Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes" Polygon.

Next Steps - Research

Next Steps - Writing

• Intro
• ‘What are the unforeseen effects of A.I entering the labor market”
• Who are we
• Animation
• Current controversy around AI in creative work
• First-hand account
• Companies inclusion of AI in animation pros/cons
• A.i workflow in the animation field
• Job consolidation with the inclusion of AI in animation
• Layoffs
• The gig economy
• Increased output with decreased team size
• White Collar Jobs
• Interview with Heide / The development of the white-collar job
• Deplatforming Unions
• Hierarchy in the workplace/isolation workers
• Post-war economy
• Those jobs have funded the culture of white suburbia
• History of the Suburbs and Urban Decline
• Higher education institutions
• What happens when a bunch of money leaves all at once/reliance on corporations 

• Future/digital proletariat/ Useless Class
• “Technological Unemployment”
• Fear
• The problems with unemployment
• Conclusion
• So what…
• Thesis

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