Summer Springboard

AI Design & Media

ACADEMIC COURSE

DISCOVER HOW HUMAN CREATIVITY TRANSFORMS DESIGN AND MEDIA THROUGH THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGY.

AI Design & Media

  •  Learn the history of generative art to deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) and begin using this new technology to create your own designs.
  •  Explore how style images transform content using AI to create different aesthetic outputs in design and media.
  • Critically examine AI bias while understanding the artist’s essential role as collaborator working with AI versus curator of AI-generated outputs.
  • Master prompt writing and understand the shift to text-to-image based design generation.
  • Learn how to combine multiple AI tools and traditional digital art techniques.
  • Present your design work that synthesizes your learning through iteration and practice.

Summer Springboard

AI Design & Media

Course Overview

This course introduces students to AI-generated art by exploring the emerging partnership between human creativity and machine intelligence. Students will learn to use text-to-image tools while developing their unique artistic voice through daily hands-on practice using AI. Working with their own original concepts and imagery, students learn the complete creative workflow, from initial vision to polished final artwork, while critically examining how AI can enhance or augment rather than replace human artistry. Through a “call and response” approach with machine learning tools, students will discover how to transform technological capabilities into meaningful creative expression. By the program’s end, they will have begun a portfolio of original AI artwork, sharpened their critical thinking about emerging technologies, and explored exciting career pathways in digital art, creative technology, AI ethics, and cultural design.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Outcome #1

Learn about neural style transfer and text-to-image generation tools through the use of workflows from initial concept through final artwork using various platforms and editing software.

Outcome #2

Develop creative vision through a daily art-making practice using AI tools intentionally through prompts, style choices, and repetitive refinement.

Outcome #3

Learn about AI systems, making ethical decisions about image sourcing and understanding creative responsibility as creators working with machine learning technologies.

Outcome #4

Create a body of original AI artwork that can be presented confidently to audiences including peers, educators, and industry professionals.

Summer Springboard

AI Design & Media

Courses by Campus

AI DESIGN & MEDIA

BERKELEY

Berkeley, CA