Class 9: What is Generative AI? – Creating with Artificial Intelligence
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what generative AI is and how it differs from other AI
- Explore AI tools that create text, images, and other content
- Learn how generative AI recognizes patterns to create new content
- Discuss creative and ethical implications
Key Topics:
- Generative AI definition: “AI that creates new content (text, images, music, video)”
- Difference between AI that classifies vs. AI that creates
- How generative AI works: Pattern recognition and generation
- Examples: ChatGPT, DALL-E, AI art generators, AI music composition
- Generative Adversarial Networks (simplified): Trial-and-error creation
- Diffusion Models (simplified): Refining random noise into images
- AI vs. human creativity: Similarities and differences
Activities:
- AI-assisted art creation: Using Scribble Diffusion to transform drawings
- Text generation exploration: Working with age-appropriate AI writing tools
- Story creation: Using AI story generators with student prompts
Comparison exercise: AI-created vs. human-created content