AI and Multimedia

AI and Multimedia:
Using Generative AI for Images, Video, and Audio
An AI Webinar with Nicole Hennig

OVERVIEW: 

In this tour of multimedia generative AI tools, you’ll be introduced to the underlying technology – how can images, videos, music, and speech be created from just a text input? You’ll learn about the various types of tools available and their capabilities. You’ll see many examples of what these tools can generate.

We’ll next discuss the ethical issues related to copyright, bias, and the problem of deepfakes. We’ll learn how to prompt for image generation in ways that avoid bias.

We’ll also show examples of artists who are using these tools in creative and beneficial ways. You’ll learn how creating artwork with genAI is a much more involved process than just typing a prompt and accepting the first output.

And we’ll hear from artists with disabilities who find it useful to create artwork with the help of AI when they can no longer work with physical art mediums.

Finally we’ll offer ideas for how to use these tools for beneficial, educational purposes, with ethics in mind.

Expect to leave with practical tips—and plenty of inspiration to start experimenting back at your library, school, or workplace.

LEARNING AGENDA:

• Become familiar with the types of images that can be created.
• Review image generation techniques: inpainting, outpainting, erasing objects, image to image, image to 3D, sketch to image.
• Be introduced to the underlying technology: diffusion models and autoregressive models. In a simple way – how do they work?
• Become familiar with the types of videos that can be created: realistic avatars, surrealistic scenes, animation styles, and realistic-looking footage.
• Become familiar with generating voices and speech using tools like Eleven Labs and Hume.
• See examples of beneficial use, like language translation, helping patients recover the ability to speak after losing their voice, and listening to text while reading.
• Become familiar with music generation using tools like Suno and Udio.
• Try your ear at guessing which music samples are AI-generated and which not.
• Review copyright issues related to music generation and hear from musicians who are either for or against this technology.
• Discuss examples of responsible uses of music generation from professional musicians and others.
• Review copyright issues and lawsuits for any of these multimedia tools. Hear some reasons why strengthening copyright may not help independent creators – instead benefiting corporate interests with deep pockets.
• Learn of artists who are training AI on their own work and see examples of artists, architects, and designers who use AI in their work.
• Get specific prompting techniques to help you avoid generating biased images.
• See demos of how to recognize deepfake images and videos, and learn some specific recognition techniques related to embedded metadata, reverse image searching, and finally why none of these are perfect methods.
• Be inspired with examples of using AI multimedia for good, including creative ideation, storytelling, cultural commentary, and activism.

DATE: November 14, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm US - Eastern Time

This is a 90-minute live online webinar. The recording and presentation slides will be available to all who register.