Yet when AI’s use in art enters the conversation, some retreat in discomfort, shunning it as an affront to the very essence ...

Some of their peers are skeptical, echoing complaints from some artists that AI-generated art exploits human artists’ work that the systems are trained on, often without compensation.

Rather than AI turning us into “cyborgs,” the “more likely future is that each one of us will have a Jarvis-like assistant that will likely give us superhuman capabilities,” said Asif ...

Hype is growing from leaders of major AI companies that "strong" computer intelligence will imminently outstrip humans, but many researchers in the field see the claims as marketing spin.