Have you ever been surprised by #AI art? I have.

I've seen artists encourage other artists to explore AI to lift them out of their creative ruts.

If AI was no more than just merely remixing reality, we would not be surprised. It would be powerless to help us be less predictable.

Indeed, there is a remarkable synthesis happening in it that we are witnessing. Some folks try to brush this off trivial and iterative. While I'm not sure what to make of it all, I'm convinced that that's a mistake.