Computer programs can now create never-before-seen images in seconds. Feed one of these programs some words, and it will usually spit out a picture that actually matches the description, no matter how bizarre. They often feature hands with extra fingers or digits that bend and curve unnaturally. Image generators have issues with text, coming up with nonsensical signs or making up their own alphabet. But these image-generating programs -- which look like toys today -- could be the start of a big wave in technology. "In the last three months, the words'generative AI' went from, 'no one even discussed this' to the buzzword du jour," said David Beisel, a venture capitalist at NextView Ventures.