Can AI Do That? The Challenges, Limitations, and Opportunities of Generative AI

There is a lot of discussion in the public sphere about how tools that use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images and text will “disrupt” or “revolutionize” various industries – from journalism to advertising to education. There are also a lot of news stories detailing specific opportunities, challenges and limitations related to these tools. However, I’ve found few online resources that provide a relatively concise overview of those opportunities, challenges and limitations. So that’s what I’ll try to do here.