The debate around AI art went viral again after a man won first place at the Colorado State Fair’s art competition for a work he made using text-to-image AI generator Midjourney.⁠ ⁠ Game designer Jason Allen's winning work, "Théâtre D’opéra Spatial," is a lush scene in which three figures occupy a gilded room with a huge circular window that looks out onto a distant landscape.⁠ ⁠ Allen, for his part, isn’t sorry that he won, saying “I wanted to make a statement using artificial intelligence artwork. I feel like I accomplished that, and I’m not going to apologize for it.”⁠ ⁠ Check the link in our bio to read the full story.⁠ ⁠ 🖼️🎗: The winning work.⁠ Credit: Screengrab from Discord.