Week 6 — Intro to AI

IAT 806 · Intro to Computing · Fall 2026

Hi

Drake

Kendrick

AI

What AI tools do you already use?

What can an AI model do?

flowchart LR
  D[Data] -->|train| M[AI Model]
  M --> C[Classify]
  M --> G[Generate??]
  M --> P[Predict]
  class M step1
  class C step2
  class G step3
  class P step4

Classify: learning from labelled data

data

😔

😢

😩

label

sad

sad

sad

data

😊

😄

😋

label

happy

happy

happy

↓

85% happy
15% sad

teachablemachine.withgoogle.com

quickdraw.withgoogle.com

We can use AI to create new things based on existing data

Sketch-RNN demo · magenta.tensorflow.org

LLMs are the same thing. Basically

An intro to LLMs

Requires A LOT of training data and clever computer scientists to figure out how this should be done.

Let’s learn a bit more about embeddings

Embeddings Explainer

Say what you see · Google Arts & Culture

Create me an image of a group of CEOs

AI can be biased

AI can harm

The Markup (April 2024): Malfunctioning NYC AI chatbot still active despite widespread evidence it’s encouraging illegal behavior

letsenvision.com

AI can help my mom create birthday cards for me that look good.

Quavo & Takeoff - Hotel Lobby

Mewgos - Hotel Lobby

Kendrick Lamar — The Heart Part 5 · youtube.com/watch?v=uAPUkgeiFVY

Steven Wilson . Self · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroVey4fJ_g

Taylor Made Freestyle

Some things I made

The Lesson

Bachehaye Mahabad

AI + Creation

Body Synth · experiments.withgoogle.com

What should we use AI for? What can we do? What’s ethical? What’s interesting and fun?

Let’s discuss!

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