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Make Something With AI
Guided image generation with grown-up-approved tools.
Image AIs turn words into pictures. You type “a friendly robot fox, watercolor style” and it draws one. Let’s see how.
How does it know what a fox looks like?
The same way you do — it looked at millions of fox pictures. People labeled them “fox.” The AI learned that these pixel patterns tend to be called a fox.
Style words are magic
Add words like watercolor, pixel art, sketch, or photo-realto change how the picture looks without changing what’s in it.
Three rules for making pictures
- Never ask for a picture of a real person. That can hurt them.
- Don’t ask for scary or mean pictures. Use tools your grown-up approves.
- A picture made by AI isn’t really yours unless you changed it a lot. Be honest about it when you show it.
Your turn
In a grown-up-supervised AI tool, try these three prompts and see what comes out:
- “A quiet library at night, candles, watercolor style”
- “A raccoon chef with a tall hat, pixel art”
- “A map of an imaginary island, ink drawing”
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