Intense controversy immediately brewed at last year’s Colorado State Fair when an artificial intelligence-generated submission won the first-place prize in the amateur division of the fair's digital arts competition. The entry became so high-profile that state fair staff placed a rope barrier in front of the entry as a security measure to preserve and protect it. The entry, called “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” and submitted by Pueblo West’s Jason Allen, sparked online debate and attracted international attention as artists sparred over whether it should qualify as art. The Washington Post labeled the discourse surrounding it as “the writing of a new...