I. Overture
AI is the buzzword. Those little magic stars that pop up in every app, the sunlit uplands of a less laborious future, they are virtually everywhere—and are changing how we think about creativity. AI is a hyperobject, a symbol that refers to a wide range of practices, software and intentions across time and space and possibilities so vast that it is already beyond categorization or comprehension. AI the hyperobject is above all a tool, a technology with enormous potential that comes with both possibilities and pitfalls, and genuine, grave concerns around the foundations on which it’s built, whether the rampant exploitation of copyrighted works, the abhorrent working conditions for those screen training data, or the untimely escalating environmental and climate impact.