Generative AI has come a long way in just the past year. First, ChatGPT blew our minds with what it could do with text, and programs like Midjourney and DALL-E figured out how to create images from ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lily Cheng, 21, a game design student and YouTuber who lives in New York. The following has been edited for length and clarity. For the past year, ...