No code, no problem--we try to beat an AI at its own game with new tools

Over the past year, machine learning and artificial intelligence technology have made significant strides. Specialized algorithms, including OpenAI's DALL-E, have demonstrated the ability to generate images based on text prompts with increasing canniness. Natural language processing (NLP) systems have grown closer to approximating human writing and text. And some people even think that an AI has attained sentience. And as Ars' Matt Ford recently pointed out here, artificial intelligence may be artificial, but it's not "intelligence"--and it certainly isn't magic.