This image was generated by Open AI Dall*E 2, keywords: "The underground lair of an all knowing, all seeing mechanical artist."

So, 2023 has ushered in the era of legitimately applying artificial intelligence to the world of art. Recently, we’ve seen a pretty cool influx of AI into everything from our friends’ illustrated selfies to their animated social posts and, unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve read some of the AI-generated text from Chat GPT. And it’s all rather novel, fun, interesting, even alluring. Perhaps you’ve even signed up to scan your face to make some AI-generated keepsake, but as an industry professional, what do we really think, or even understand, about this next phase of technology?