AI for Artists and Entrepreneurs
SPRING 2024 - MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Midjourney
Firefly
ChatGPT
Boomy
HeyGen
Claude
ElevenLabs
Gemini
Suno
PikaLabs
D-ID
Copilot
Runway
Midjourney Firefly ChatGPT Boomy HeyGen Claude ElevenLabs Gemini Suno PikaLabs D-ID Copilot Runway
Here's a generative video of “Tim” explaining the inspiration for MCAD's AI for Artists and Entrepreneurs course which the actual Tim taught during the spring 2024 semester.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
No other technology has affected creativity, the arts, and business as rapidly as artificial intelligence (AI). Comprehension and fluency in Generative AI (GenAI) tools are fast becoming necessary for a diversity of entrepreneurs and content creators. This course introduces students to the verbal and visual GenAI landscape, including ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway, and other platforms, to build fluency while interrogating the promises and pitfalls of these technologies. We’ll focus on critically understanding and leveraging these tools within the context of building a creative business and/or guiding an artistic journey. This course also addresses how new AI technology may produce bias and impact transparency, privacy, security, intellectual property rights, and other regulatory and compliance issues.
I taught AI for Artists and Entrepreneurs within the Creative Entrepreneurship program at MCAD. All of the guest speakers and several of the final projects are featured on my newsletter: Courage+Creativity.
