"...the things that we talk about when we talk about AI will just kind of be like electricity, just part of what powers other things." This is from the first seconds of the video 'Futurist Amy Webb on the deep AI shifts that will reshape our lives' on the Pioneers of AI YouTube channel, posted on August 5th, 2026.

Amy Webb also appeared on The Peter McCormack Show in July 2026. The video is titled 'A Futurist's Warning: 'Work is About to Break'"

Electricity and work. An article that mentions both, in interesting ways, is titled '7 jobs that existed because of no electricity'. My absolute favourite of the seven is Factory Lector! He was "...a hired reader who sat on an elevated platform reading newspapers, novels, and political tracts aloud to the entire factory floor." Then electricity happened and "The tradition began to die out when factories were connected to the grid and radios appeared, but a handful of Cuban factories still keep the practice alive today."

Will there be a time where someone (or someone using AI!) will write an article titled '7 jobs that existed because of no AI'? Which jobs would these be? Or maybe even '7 fashion jobs that existed because of no AI'?.

Let's explore 'In Real Life' fashion shows and A.I. fashion shows.

According to an August 2026 article posted on fastercapital.com titled 'Fashion show cost The Economics of Fashion Shows: How Costs Impact Entrepreneurial Success', in the 'Perception and brand image section': "The cost of a fashion show directly influences how the brand is perceived. High-budget shows convey luxury, exclusivity and innovation, while low-budget shows may be associated with affordability or lack of ambition."

Question: Where do AI fashion shows feature in this spectrum? An AI fashion show is low-budget but does it signal lack of ambition? According to the article, high-budget shows convey innovation. An AI fashion show, by its very nature, conveys innovation and also, by its very nature, is relatively low-budget.

Moving on to the 'Creative Freedom vs. Budget Constraints' section: "Elaborate sets, avant-garde cinematography, and celebrity appearances elevate the show's impact but come with hefty price tags." Furthermore, the 'Unforeseen Costs: The Hidden Pitfalls' section talks about insurance and permits: "Venues require insurance coverage, especially for large-scale events. Additionally, permits for music, alcohol and firesafety add to the administrative costs."

With AI, I have created elaborate sets for less than a dollar, including a pineapple-inspired set, an 'end the violence' set complete with a kiln and fire (no firesafety permit needed), a set for the minerals of Africa series which includes the Lithium AI fashion show, where sparklers go off, changing the dresses from grey to  to red, to mimic the way lithium changes from grey to red when heated.

I created a set for the cobalt blue AI fashion show, to remember all those African miners who have perished or are living in poverty because of/despite availability of cobalt blue in Congo. The models add the wreaths they are carrying to the mountain of wreaths placed at the end of the runway. At the end of the video, I referenced the book 'Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives" by Siddharth Kara. 

Of course, my most famous set is the one for 'Fashion on the Runway' which placed in the top 10 percent of over 5000 entries in a Nightcafe challenge.

You can watch the pineapple-inspired set in the video: 'Mananasi (Swahili for Pineapples) - An Afrogoth A.I. Fashion Show: Pineapples as Symbols of Status?'

Regarding celebrity appearances, let's explore the information available at actorlicense.com 

The following are some of the paragraphs that stood out for me:

"The resolution of the historic Hollywood labor strikes birthed a new legal and technological frontier: The AI Actor License. We are moving from paying for 'time on set' to paying for the algorithmic utilization of a person's digital identity. This requires an entirely new, cryptographically secure infrastructure, to manage consent, track usage, and distribute royalties."

"An 'Actor License' in the Web3 era is not a paper contract; it is Programmable Intellectual Property (IP). It is the technological translation of consent into executable code."

(Note: An interesting article about Programmable Intellectual Property is 'Digital Patent AI: why your intellectual property needs to become programmable' This sentence stands out: " Today, the lifecycle of a brilliant idea is trapped [jailed!] in a grueling, analog pipeline: static documents are handed to expensive lawyers, buried in siloed government databases, and subjected to months of manual, one-to-one licensing negotiations.")

"When an actor or public figure authorizes the creation of their Digital Twin, that authorizes the creation of their Digital Twin, that authorization is merited as a cryptographic asset."

"The monetization of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has expanded from collegiate athletes to global influencers and actors."

"Using protocols like Story Protocol, a creator can register their NIL as an on-chain IP asset...When an AI company wishes to ingest the creator's image to train a model, they interact with the on-chain NIL token, paying the required licensing fee and accepting the automated terms of service directly via the blockchain."

I read one powerful sentence in the 'Smart Contract Residuals and Royalty Routing' section. The problem outlined is that 'The traditional distribution of residuals involves a labyrinth of collection societies, agencies and delayed accounting." The powerful sentence? "Friction is mathematically eliminated."

The Digital Patent AI article informs us: "we are building the infrastructure for programmable intellectual property. By converging Artificial Intelligence with blockchain technology, we are shifting IP from a rigid legal construct into a dynamic, machine-executable asset. This transformation is built upon a frictionless, three-tier architecture: Discover, Tokenize, and License."

Another important section in actorlicense.com is 'Perpetual Licensing and Estate Management', where programmable estate management is mentioned. "The smart contract can transfer governance of the digital twin to the actor's legal heirs upon verification of a death certificate by a decentralized oracle. It ensures that the digital identity remains a protected, revenue-generating asset that cannot be exploited by studios in perpetuity without compensating the estate."

I mentioned the ELVIS Act - Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act - in: 'Parton, Pink, Pineapples, Photography, Polsia, Plenty, Artificial Intelligence'

Contra Labs recently released their 2026 Creative Intelligence report. They asked for predictions on what comes next in the AI and Creativity arena. I liked the prediction by @AmirMushich :

"My bet: Designers will become 1-man studios. The more context & philosophical/psychological vision they’ll be capable to process & convey, The more projects they’ll be delivering, As AI infrastructure will help them execute"

I also made a prediction:

"My prediction: Human singers or bands that specialize in covering AI songs! I wouldn't mind a human singer/band covering this lovely #AI version of 'It Will Pass' from the #voidrockmusical #AImusic"

Regarding, fashion shows, I can make a similar prediction. There will emerge individuals or organizations that specialize in creating 'In Real Life' versions of A.I. fashion shows. Already, there are people who are making real life dresses from A.I. generated ones. Example: Mia Maples. Her video 'I made a real dress from an AI-generated design' has over 3 million views.

There was one interesting comment by @frankie9736: "PLEASE do this again but send the AI dresses to COSPLAYERS I promise you you will get EXACTLY what the AI image is."

The comment has 53,000 likes!

Afrogoth is an A.I.-native fashion movement for curious, playful, global citizens who love the stories and histories that clothes tell. Because of Afrogoth's inherent global nature, I paid attention to the 'Jurisdictional Challenges in the Metaverse' section on actorlicense.com. This question is asked: "If an AI avatar of an American actor is used by a Chinese gaming company to interact with players in a decentralized Metaverse hosted in servers in Iceland, which right of publicity law applies?" 

Answer? Technology comes to the rescue!

Jela is the Swahili word for jail or prison. I acknowledge that many creators see artificial intelligence as a sort of prison that will get rid of their jobs, which, for many people, is their reason for being. In my humble opinion, it seems to me as though artificial intelligence will help many creators break free from the prison of scarcity.

What do you think?

Wishing you a creative, prison-break month!