Artist Alan Warburton critiques the migration of creative professionals to LinkedIn, sparked by musician Grimes' recent pivot to the platform to promote her appearance at an Nvidia tech conference. Warburton, who recently released his AI-focused film 'Image Empire' on the site, describes the move as a desperate response to the 'enshittification' of traditional creative platforms like Twitter and Vimeo, which have been overrun by bots and AI-generated content.
This shift highlights a growing crisis in the digital art world where artists are forced to 'artwash' corporate-centric platforms to find an audience. As traditional social networks become unreliable for visibility and funding, the move to LinkedIn represents a grim compromise, placing artists in direct proximity to the AI industries that threaten their livelihoods while navigating an algorithm designed for corporate networking rather than creative expression.