This year, the excitement around AI soared to heights previously unseen. All of a sudden, the dystopian future depicted in countless sci-fi movies was knocking at humanity’s front door. In reality, however, the development and use of AI has been expanding for decades. What makes recent developments so exciting (and for many, frightening) is that powerful content-generation tools are now in the hands of everyday creatives and knowledge workers, generating fascinating results, often for free.