AI

Thanks to 7th grader Noah and to librarian Ms McFate for contributing to these links. Listen to our ColtWorld interview of Noah to learn more about how he uses it as a CCiA student.

Ethics of AI

Philosophical Discussion Questions

Will AI take our jobs?
Will AI make us dumb?
Does AI feel Emotion?
When is using AI "cheating"?
If we all start using AI to create, will we never invent any new styles of art or writing? Will humanity stagnate at the point we were when we began looking to ai for these?
Which is more important, using AI for self expression, or using AI to do tasks we dread?
How can we combat prejudice in AI?

Prejudice and AI

AI are programmed by humans and learn from human input, which means that humans teach it racism, sexism and other of the worst qualities of humanity as well as the good parts.

Combatting Accidental Racism in AI:

- https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/algorithms-in-health-care-may-worsen-medical-racism

AI Art : an Interactive Exploration

The images below were not created by humans. They were created by Artificial Intelligence, or AI.

AI is now open for you. Craion is an artificial intelligence art generator you can use to create art from any words you choose.

Precision is important - your word choice affects content as well as style and mood of the Art the AI creates. Check out these prompt examples and resulting images below then keep scrolling to try it yourself!

image credit https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/

Global Maker Day Challenge: Use Craion AI to Make Your Own Art

an interdisciplinary exploration of the confluence of art, tech, and verbal expression

Part 1. Explore Language with AI Art

Reminder: The images you are about see are totally new. Created for you on demand according to the AI's understanding of the words you chose. it is not from Google image search and it never existed until you spoke it into existence.

Steps to Making Art with Craion

Open Craion (formerly Dall-E mini) https://www.craiyon.com/
Type in a prompt and see What Craion creates for you. (Examples in this folder are made using Figurative Language aphorisms and idioms ) Try to use more than one word.
1. A metaphor
2. A simile
3. A sentence from a book
4. A line from a poem
5. A lyric from a song
6. A description of something you'd like to see that does not exist in the world

Part 2: Change your prompts. Add, remove, or Change Words:

1. include new adjectives
2. include new verbs
3. include new nouns
4. How did the changes of words affect the AI creation? Did the mode or tone change? Why do you think that is? Did the AI get your intended CONNOTATION correct?

Part 3: Share And Reflect on the Most Interesting:

Choose one image from your exploration above to share in Google Draw
go to drive.google.com. and open a new Google Drawing. (Click new (plus button)- more- google drawing)
Choose an art piece you created with AI. Press control c to copy it.
Click control V to "paste" -the AI art you chose will show up.
Add the text you used to create the art (insert Text box)
Add an explanation of the art. Add any annotations, arrows, enhancements backgrounds you wish.
If you want to share your creation with the world or class, follow these instructions to PUBLISH TO THE WEB then embed into your Canvas disussion or email the embed code to Ms Gurthie at lisaa.gurthie at cms.k12.nc.us !

Credits and Inspiration

@DylnRhyman on Twitter whose Thread of Prompts and resulting art from Dall E blew my mind and inspired this post.

@ZoeSchiffer on Twitter whose Tweet contained a link to the AI art you see at left

Casey Newton whose "a blue bird gripped in a giant hand" prompt for this October 2022 article prompted DALL-E to create an art that intrigued me

Memes to Discuss in Therapy Facebook Page who created all the digital art you see here using writing prompts and aphorisms