"Thing of Beauty" is a science fiction short story by American writer Damon Knight.

[1] One morning, a group of men in tight purple clothing make a delivery to the house of Gordon Fish in Southern California.

It wins, but to receive the full prize money, the artist is required to paint the image on a wall.

Fish continues to try to find ways to make money from the machine; he poses as an art teacher and takes on a young woman as a student.

In the 2022 Colorado State Fair, an image created with the artificial intelligence program Midjourney won a blue ribbon.