Ai Generated art was first started in the 1970's. A computer scientist named Harold Cohen used a program called AARON to create images. However, AI Generated art really started to get popular in the 90's with the internet first being created. During the 90's, AI was not just used for images, as people were making music with AI. Programs like AARON were used to create abstract images.
AI generated art is being used more today than ever before. It is used in many different ways. They can be used for portraits, and you can have art of anything you want in a matter of a few minutes. The image shown below is one of the first generated images by AARON.