The MFA Photography, Video & Related Media Department will host a comprehensive, one-day symposium focused on the pervasive emergence of AI & its effects upon the lens & screen arts. This event is the first part of a series of lectures & discussions with artists, theorists, educators, & industry professionals reflecting on the recent explosion of interest, use, & questions surrounding AI image synthesis through tools such as DALL-E, MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, & others. As Charles Traub notes, Once again, a major technological revolution has come upon us. AI has clearly emerged as a now ubiquitous tool. Its impact on the lens & screen arts, & all of our social, intellectual, & scientific practices, is only beginning to be understood.