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AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first

  • Written by Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageA Georgia Tech University course links art and artificial intelligence.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Art and Generative AI

What prompted the idea for the course?

I see many students viewing artificial...

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