Surely, the arts are safe and will never be automated. A machine could never possibly have a soul or feelings and could never possibly relate to art the way that a human can. Therefore, it must obviously follow that a machine could never create art the way that humans can.
Well... That may be premature. In China, a team of 1000+ synchronized dancing robots just broke the world record. This is not the first attempt at robotic dancing.
Similarly, AI algorithms are becoming increasingly adept at composing music.
Masters at human dancing/music usually spend a lifetime studying, perfecting, improvising, and re-combining a relatively small number of basic movements in new and creative ways. On the other hand, AI can (with enough $$, development expertise, and computing power) in mere moments observe the last 30 years of music/dance, figure out which songs/dances were the most effective/successful/lucrative for a given purpose (usually topping the charts/selling tickets), and combine the different movements into a unique number/composition.
This is not to say that machines will completely replace human musicians/dancers. A century after the invention of the automobile there are still horses selling for millions of dollars. On the other hand, in modern society motor vehicle theft anecdotally seems to be more common than horse theft.
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