Designing
with AI
Understand AI and learn how it can serve as a powerful tool in your creative toolkit, under the guidance of Derrick Schultz, Designer and Post-AI Artist.
Why take this course?
Capabilities and Limitations
Understand the current capabilities and limitations of LLMs, image generators, and classifiers. You will leave this class not just having used the tools, but understanding why they work the way they do.
Enhance Control Over AI Systems
Learn how to control these often unruly tools through the use of prompting, image references and training your own models.
Shape AI Through Design
Consider and discuss how design can influence the direction of AI tools through branding, experience design and other storytelling initiatives.
What are you
going to learn
in this course?
How is AI changing our approach to work? What do we even mean when we say “AI”?
A general discussion of the history of AI tools and how we got to where we are with them.
How do we talk about AI as designers? What are the right and wrong ways to use AI?
This section will act not only as a discussion on the ethical implications of AI, but also how we as designers shape how our audiences approach AI. For Brand Designers, how do we brand these tools? For Product designers, what affordances can we offer with these new experiences?
Classifiers
Classifiers were the first truly useful AI tool and are still vastly underutilized. Consider how everyday tasks for designers could be simplified by sorting, organizing, and describing everything around them. This discussion will cover 'confidence scores' and the benefits of training a classifier for personalized use.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
By now everyone has used ChatGPT. But why does it work the way it does? We’ll explore LLMs: how they’re trained, and why ChatGPT blew up when others didn’t. We’ll look at many of the underlying features of LLMs that are often hidden. And then we’ll try out a handful of popular LLMs and explore the concept of “prompting.”
Image Generators
Currently, image generators are among the most prominent and contentious tools in visual media. This discussion will explore the reasons behind their polarized reception and consider how creating a custom, small-scale image generator may offer a different perspective. Additionally, we will examine emerging interfaces that provide greater control beyond traditional text-based inputs.
World-class professionals ready to teach you.
Derrick Schultz
Designer, Post-AI Artist
Enroll today for our next class
Tuition
US$ 800
10% discount for former students. If you have completed at least one course with us in the past, you are eligible to receive the discount immediately.
We offer scholarships.
If you are a member of an underrepresented or marginalized community, have an annual income of less than $30,000.00, are unemployed, or work for an organization making a social impact, you could be eligible for a scholarship immediately. Enroll now.
Course Duration
6-week course.
6 classes — from 7pm to 9pm EST.
12 hours of workload.
All classes take place live via Zoom. The links are automatically sent to your email and WhatsApp (optional). The sessions are recorded and will be available to students.
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upcoming dates
Class Feb 19 – Mar 26
Instructors: Derrick Schultz
Wednesdays
Wed, 02/19 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 02/19 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 02/26 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 02/26 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 03/05 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 03/05 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 03/12 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 03/12 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 03/19 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 03/19 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 03/26 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 03/26 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Modality
Remote class, live on Zoom.
Class Aug 20 – Sep 24
Instructors: Derrick Schultz
Wednesdays
Wed, 08/20 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 08/20 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 08/27 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 08/27 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 09/03 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 09/03 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 09/10 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 09/10 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 09/17 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 09/17 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Wed, 09/24 – 7:00 PM EST Wed, 09/24 – 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Modality
Remote class, live on Zoom.
What you can expect attending Designing with AI
Remote classes.
Our classes are always remote and live via Zoom so you can get the most out of it and have real connections with your peers and the instructor.
Stay close.
Learn more.
You have direct access to the instructor and your peers with an exclusive channel on Slack, allowing you to exchange experiences and learn from world-class professionals and students worldwide.
A platform
tailored for you.
From the moment you enroll in a class to the moment you get the certificate, we designed a platform that gives you the best experience. Alune is our proprietary platform where you can watch back the Zoom sessions and keep up with your progress anytime, forever.
Learn from
real-life examples.
You can also be eligible for our Talent Program, which puts you in front of top-tier companies ready to hire. After completing the course, you’ll receive a certificate to celebrate the achievement and brag about it on social media.
FAQs
Who is this course for?
No prior experience with AI tools is required, making this course suitable for designers at all levels who are eager to expand their skillset. We'll focus primarily on practical applications, ensuring that by the end of the course, you'll be able to immediately implement these tools in your design projects. However, we'll also explore the underlying theory to help you understand how these tools function and when to best leverage them in your work.
How can I communicate with the instructors and peers?
Upon application, you will be added to a private Slack group with instructors and other students. It is a place for questions, exchange of ideas, and inspiration, in addition to official communication and announcements.