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Type a sentence. Get a picture. It feels like magic. Let's make your first one together and talk about where the pictures come from.
AI image generators are programs that turn words into pictures. You type 'a cat wearing a wizard hat painting a sunset' and a few seconds later you have a picture of exactly that. No drawing needed. No Photoshop.
The AI learned by looking at millions of pictures made by real artists. Paintings, photos, cartoons, everything. Some artists are upset because they never said yes to their art being used. This is a big argument in the art world right now.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
— Pablo Picasso
The big idea: AI can make pictures from your words. It is a fun tool. But real artists are still real, and the best AI art still needs your imagination to get started.
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Which of these tools is mentioned as being free to use?
Why are some artists upset about AI image generators?
If you want to create an AI image in the style of a living artist, what does the lesson suggest?
What three things does the lesson suggest including in a good prompt?
In the lesson's comparison, what are you when you use an AI image generator?
Which tool is described as 'the fancy one' that makes beautiful art but costs money?
What is a prompt in AI image generation?
Which of these is given as an example of a style you can request?
Why does the lesson suggest changing just one word in your prompt and running it again?
What is training data for an AI image generator?
Which company's AI assistant has built-in free image generation?
What does the term generative art mean?
Why does the lesson call it unkind to make an AI image in the exact style of a living artist?
Which tool is described as making images with tools you already know?
The lesson quotes Picasso saying every child is an artist. What does the lesson say is the problem?