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My personal view

On the one hand I'm fascinated by, and am currently exploring, the possibility of using generative AI for creative purposes.
On the other hand, I'm appalled by the unadulterated copyright abuse by Big Tech of, more-or-less all, creative work so that generative AI can, well... regurgitate generate stuff.
What the AI is generating, however, is nothing more than statistical probability (i.e. auto-completion on steroids), whether it's the next text phrase, or the next pixel.
Today we're able to create collages of text & image at a quality & speed that's truly breathtaking.
For my part, I'm using both LLMs (large language models) to generate text-based stuff, and MidJourney to generate images.
I have chosen to ignore the obvious moral dilemma of using AI to generate copy and images in the style of writer/artist whoever, and instead have decided to credit the artist where appropriate.
Generating images in MidJourney is easy - write your prompt and, within seconds, you get your generated image.
Generating an article or screenplay using an agentic AI (i.e. an agent written in CrewAI by myself) is much more fiddly.
As a designer, with limited coding ability These hieroglyphics represent the shrug emoji ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I found writing the agents challenging.
The results are drafts at best, and could use some polish from an expert: a screenplay writer, or journalist, or artist.
I consider them to be a reflection of my own curiosity, nothing more...

ARTICLES by an agentic AI

The climate is apparently unimportant and the neo-fascists won the European Parliament election.
This shock result didn't come out of nowhere, and paints a complex and fragmented picture of European politics.
EU election sent shockwaves across the continent.

The prevelant use of AI may have a detrimental effect on our general cognitive abilities.
Even digital natives are being made dumber by the very technology they use on a daily basis.
Is AI Making Us Dumber?.

Embracing the new AI tools may lead to sacrificing the capacity for critical thinking.
Enthusiastic use of AI frequently leads to thinking less deeply about topics.
In a World of AI, Who's Thinking?.

SCREENPLAYS by an agentic AI

Dracula reappears in modern day Berlin and uses his powers as only he can.
Craft beer and influencers play roles in this idea for a mini TV series that unfolds over 5 episodes, each lasting 20 minutes.
Dracula in modern day Berlin.

Abraham Lincoln reappears in modern day Berlin and sticks out like a sore thumb, with a top hat.
Discovering public transport, Berlin fashion, and the exchange rate, this idea for a mini TV series unfolds over 5 episodes, each lasting 20 minutes.
Abraham Lincoln in modern day Berlin.

Charles Darwin reappears in modern day San Francisco and wonders about mankind's evolution.
Discovering startups, the gig economy, and e-waste, this idea for a mini TV series unfolds over 5 episodes, each lasting 20 minutes.
Charles Darwin in modern day San Francisco.

ROBOT MEDIC images by MidJourney

Android medics tending to or surgeons operating on patients in a field hospital, set in World War 1.
I was particularly keen on the justaposition of different timescales.
Note the grime, the various utensils scatterd all over the place, and the candlelight.

RACING CAR images by MidJourney

Robot driver and a F1 car from the 60s in a modern setting, in front of the unmistakable Flatiron building in New York.
Also here, I was justaposing things from different periods in time.
Note the flying machines, the modern pedestrians in the backgrounds, and in particular, the complete misalignment of the wheels on the impossible to drive racing car (i.e. the 4^th picture).