Artificial intelligence has been used to generate artificial images since the 1950s, when American computer scientist Harold Cohen made artworks using autonomous software programs of his own design. In the 1960s, British artist Peter Blake used a computer to generate patterns for his 1967 work with Eduardo Paolozzi, demoing that computers could be used to create works with acreen-printing machine. In the 1970s, American artist Charles Csuri used a computer to generate drawings of plant forms that were made into silk screens and used in a number of his works. In the 1990s, American artist Michael Brewster used a computer to generate images of women that were used in his paintings. Generative art can be defined as art that is created by means of a system, where the artist uses a set of rules or algorithms to create the work.

The AI community has a new obsession. It's called'generative artificial intelligence', and it refers to the idea of having computers take over creative tasks such as writing, filmmaking, and graphic design. AI art generators are paving a new path towards the freedom of artistic expression. In an extremely short period, they've allowed everybody with internet access and a keyboard to generate incredible art from simple text prompts. Considering the current state of things, it's too early to tell whether this new wave of apps will end up costing artists and illustrators their jobs. What seems clear though is that these tools are already being used in creative industries.