When OpenAI unveiled DALL-E 2, an advanced AI system capable of generating images from a text description, Modem tasked it with creating images based on haikus by 17th-century master Matsuo Bashō. The result is DALL-E 2 DREAMS OF HAIKUS, a poignant exploration of the expressive abilities of AI, and its potential to shift the boundaries of human imagination. Modem is an office for design and innovation. Working as a hybrid between a think tank and design studio, we envision how human minds and institutions can thrive in the midst of exponential technological change.