Generative AI & the Media (550-0-1)

Instructors

Nicholas Diakopoulos

Meeting Info

Garage Workspace Classroom 1: Thurs 1:00PM - 3:50PM

Overview of class

Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 generative AI has proliferated throughout society, capturing the imagination of the public with its potential to upend much of how people create and consume media and information. In this course we'll demystify this new technology, understand how it works, how to control it through prompting, and how to implement it in various use cases found in media production and communication. We'll also step back with a critical eye to ask questions of how generative AI changes the larger media system and raises ethical and governance issues around data, copyright, privacy, bias, and more.

Class Materials (Required)

While there is no textbook or other fees for books and resources in this course, you are however required to sign up for a Gemini Pro account for the duration of the course , which costs about $20 / month, or you can potentially get it free for a year: https://gemini.google/students/.

Class Attributes

MSC Concentration: Artificial Intelligence

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Only students in the MSC Custom Leadership Program may enroll in this class.