Is artificial intelligence the future of the arts?

Image generators such as DALL-E and Midjourney are powerful tools that through a combination of data mining and analysis link ideas with visuals. By typing a few words anyone can generate high-quality images. Across the world, this is causing shockwaves and widespread fears of the loss of jobs for human artists. Have we indeed reached a watershed moment in the evolution of AI Art? Yes, but it's not the one you think. The current tools are incredibly powerful, but narrow in scope.