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Getting Creative with AI

NC1501-01

Start Date

11/05

Time

–

Format

Remote

End Date

12/17

Meeting Day

Asynchronous

Credits

0

This online course features the following types of interaction:

  • Pre-recorded content

Unlock your creative potential by working with powerful new generative AI tools. In this course designed for creatives, you’ll experiment with AI-driven creativity, critically evaluate its societal impacts, and explore innovative ways of integrating AI into human-centered design practices. By engaging deeply with ethical questions about authenticity, bias, and digital identities, you’ll gain practical insights and skills essential for roles in creative coding, UX design, AI ethics auditing, and digital storytelling.

In this course, you will explore foundational generative AI tools using Google Colab, p5.js, and Teachable Machine to create text, visuals, and sound. Emphasis will be placed on practical experimentation and understanding ethical implications.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand foundational generative AI concepts and tools
  • Create text, visuals, and audio using Colab, p5.js, and Teachable Machine
  • Recognize and critically address ethical implications in generative AI

Modules:

  • Introduction to Generative AI
  • AI-Generated Text
  • Visual Creativity with AI
  • AI and Sound Creation
  • Ethical Considerations in Creative AI

This class is offered through a special partnership with CalArts and is a qualifying course for the Creative AI: Responsible Innovation with Generative Tools certificate. Successful completion of 4 courses is required for the certificate.

Open to students ages 18 and above. Please review CalArts registration, drop/withdrawal, and refund policies before completing your registration.

 

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Douglas Goodwin

Douglas Goodwin is Special Faculty in Experimental Animation and Critical Studies at CalArts, where he has pioneered innovative interdisciplinary courses for over 14 years. With an MFA from CalArts and a decade of industry experience as Lead Developer at LA Metro, he bridges art, technology, and critical inquiry through hands-on exploration. His courses range from … Read more