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This Just In: The Robots Are Taking Over The World!
Are you prepared for the invasion of artificial intelligence-generated art? Be warned: the robots are taking over!
When I worked with teenagers, one of the kids was deathly afraid of robots. She watched one of those History Channel shows about the “Top 10 Ways the World Will End.” One of the features was robots, which she was convinced would lead to our demise. Today, our robot overlords are entirely part of our lives, whether we realize it or not. There’s a lot of talk about AI-generated art and AI writing, but is it something we must fear? Let’s dig in.
AI-generated art is all over the news right now because a man used the tools to win the Colorado State Fair’s art competition. When the results went public, an internet conversation developed about if the man is an artist or if he simply used a tool to create the art. I’d argue that the tool is no different than a camera or Photoshop. You can take whatever side of the argument that you want, but the fact is that AI-generated content is here, and it’s not going anywhere.
I used Midjourney, the same tool used to win the art contest, to create the image that sits atop this post. I used the prompt the robots are taking over the world because I thought it was fitting.
