Generative AI Sampler
In this 4-week online course, students will use different AI models to generate poetry, art, and music and then finally put is all together in a slideshow. Students will be able to take these skills and apply them to school projects.
Mr. Marty
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5.0
Number of reviews:(29)
What's included
4 live meetings
3 hrs 40 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
TOPICS: This class is about Generative AI: the process of using AI to create text, images, and music, among other things. We will use various models to create media that can be put together in a single presentation: poetry, music, and images. STRUCTURE: Each class will cover a different medium and the last class will put them all together. After talking about the theory and how each model was trained, I will demonstrate various techniques for generating quality results. After that, students will explore on their own and then share their creations STYLE: I base my teaching on the Socratic method, encouraging students to find their own way by learning to ask the right questions INTERACTION: Students will have the opportunity to ask as many questions as they like. If students need help or have questions, I am available outside of class via Outschool email.
Learning Goals
The goal if for students to understand the basic working of Generative AI but to be able to generate high quality media to be used in school or in personal projects.
Syllabus
4 Lessons
over 4 WeeksLesson 1:
Chat-GPT
We will introduce OpenAI's ChatGPT and use it to write poetry on various subjects and in various forms. We will explore the Haiku, the Sonnet, Sestinas, Villanelles and any other poetic structures students may be interested in. Students will choose their subjects and create a poem that can be put to images and music. 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
DreamStudio
We will introduce DreamStudio, StableDiffusion's official online platform. We will learn about prompt crafting, negative prompts, artists, mediums, and how to use different fine-tuned models to get different effects. We will learn how to improve images using inpainting and use these to accompany the poem. 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
AIVA
We will introduce AIVA, the Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist, a music producing AI that was trained on 30,000 classical musical scores, At this point AIVA is capable of composing in various different styles. We will use AIVA to score our poems and images, whatever the style may be: classical, jazz, electronic, or hip-hop, etc. 55 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Putting It All Together
We will finish up the class by putting all of these media into a single presentation. This will be done in Scratch, Python, or any other software the student may be familiar with. An optional final touch would be to use AI to create a voice-over of the poem to be played with the music. Alternatively the poem can just be displayed on screen. 55 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
With great power comes great responsibility! These models are very powerful and though they have powerful filters to stop inappropriate text and images, if the student persists in trying to create disturbing text or images, they may eventually succeed. AIVA is completely safe as it creates instrumental music. DreamStudio's filters have shown to be very effective and I have never had a problem. ChatGPT also has a pretty good filter.
External Resources
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Mathematics from Harvard University
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Harvard University
I have been a Computer Science Teacher for about 10 years. I have taught may AI classes ranging from survey class for beginners to coding classes that involve training AI models. I teach AI Art and AI Music as separate courses as well.Reviews
Live Group Class
$17
weekly or $68 for 4 classes1x per week, 4 weeks
55 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-17
1-8 learners per class
