A passage from a 1988 World Book encyclopedia, highlighting the potential of computers to ‘compose music, write poems, and produce drawings and paintings,’ has re-emerged online, sparking discussion about the prescience of the prediction in light of current advancements in artificial intelligence. Shared on the r/artificial subreddit, the excerpt serves as a reminder of how far AI has progressed in creative fields. The original Reddit post can be found at: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1lty38w/world_book_encyclopedia_1988_computers_can_be/