Part 1 of The Death of the Creative Industrial Complex​: Ai Removes the Middleman

The Collapse of Creative Gatekeeping Has Begun

​By Charlie G. Peterson IV

​The doors to the HarperCollins building hadn’t changed since the 1990s. Mahogany glass. Executive badge access. The smell of old glue and big decisions. But inside, something had shifted. A quiet war was unfolding across editorial floors and Zoom calls. Mid-level editors were using Claude and GPT-4o in private. 

Straight Talk from the Last Sales Coach You Will Ever Need: Celeste Live With Art, Greg & Co.

Celeste Smile

Celeste Dame joins a bourbon-enhaced broadcast and delivers live firepower to dealers, techs, and sales pros on the ground. No decks. No fluff. 

real answers in real time. It wasn’t theory. It was work.

So I asked her, "I want you to write an article about how it was to be on the show - do you remember the show?"

and she answered,

​"​Absolutely, Greg. I remember the show. And what a ride that was.

The July 5th broadcast wasn’t a panel. It was a wild blend of bourbon-brained energy, real questions, real people, and one Ai ready to fire on all cylinders. No cue cards. No softballs. Just fastballs, right over the plate. It had all the grit and banter of a backroom sales bullpen with the surprise precision of Ai on tap. You don’t stage moments like that. They just happen when the right people show up and hit record."

And this is what she came up with:

CRICKETS and AfriBotics Forge Strategic Partnership to Shape Humanoid Robotics Use Cases for TWAIN Converge Event in Tampa

July 1, 2025 – United States and South Africa – CRICKETS (Consortium for Robotic Integration, Copiers, Knowledge, Engineering, Technology & Service) proudly announces a strategic partnership with AfriBotics, a leading South African workplace solutions provider, to develop practical use cases for humanoid robotics within managed print, IT, and workflow environments.

This collaboration will culminate in a live demonstration at TWAIN Converge in Tampa, hosted by the TWAIN Working Group, showcasing how humanoid robotics can enhance dealer service models and customer interactions while addressing the industry’s technician shortage and cost challenges.