As a Faculty in the Digital Art + Technology area, I have been experimenting, researching, and creating creative practices with my own work and my studentsā work with unique and different AI models within many collaborative projects.
Since the recent advancements in AI tools, I have been integrating AI into studio art practices and research as part of my teaching philosophy. It starts from understanding the concerns and issues of Generative AI tools in art around authenticity, legality, ethicality, creativity, ownership, free vs. commercial use, who owns the creative rights and work, and whether it is cheating, imitation, or creation.
The main concern for artists, students, and creative minds is based on the fear that AI companies would use their work without crediting them or permission, especially with image-image-based generations. I address these teaching problems by creating a safe, private, unique, and intellectually protected experience in many projects to allow the students to learn how to use AI as a tool, not as a purpose to create with it, be creative, own the work, in a safe, private environment that I have been researching and creating rather than them rejecting it.
AI is here to stay, and our students need to explore, adapt, and learn how they can utilize it or at least understand it so their work is still unique and relevant rather than ignoring it and becoming disconnected from the technological revolution in Art and Technology. In Digital Art and Technology, we explore text-based, image-based, video-based, and sound/music-based AI tools.
Some articles and the paper about the AI project integrated into our DAT courses: