Me, Myself & AI Project

The “Me, Myself & AI” project provides our Media arts students a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence. By comparing their interpretations of source prompts, such as song lyrics, poetry, lines from stories, or quotes, with the AI-generated art produced by Midjourney (using the same prompts), students can gain insights into the creative process and how different humans and machines are when it comes to producing creative artifacts.

Through brainstorming and using abstract concepts, students are challenged to think deeply about the source material and express their ideas uniquely and innovatively. While working on their digital art, without being informed, the same prompts that inspired each piece were fed as data points to Midjourney to generate the AI image below each student’s work.

While it may be tempting to compare and judge the quality of the outputs in this project, the main focus of the student’s work is on their ability to think creatively and independently beyond the capabilities of the machine they are using.

The Ethical Use of AI

Last month, Fred Galang, a Media Arts educator, was contacted by Heidi Siwak, a retired teacher and current coach for the I-Think Division at the Rotman School of Management. During a video stream, Mr. Galang discussed the ethical use of AI in digital graphics creation and compositing. He drew from his experience with a Grade 12 Media Arts project titled “Me, Myself & AI.” The live stream reached an audience of 1400 students and was also broadcast to four school boards.

Student Gallery (Comprehensive Class)

When you’re happy,  You enjoy the music, but when you’re sad, You understand the lyrics.
– Frank Ocean

 It’s Us.
She Wasn’t A Reflection. She Was Real. 
Once Upon A Time There Was A Girl, And The Girl Had A Shadow.
– Us by Jordan Peele

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness and still become something beautiful.

Maneater

I want you to know that I am both happy and sad, and I’m still trying to figure out
how that could be.

We gather here, we line up
Weepin’ in a sunlit room, and
If I’m on fire, you’ll be made of ashes too

Stuck in this terradome (Ooh)
All I see is terrible (Ooh)
Making us hysterical (Ooh)
There’s got to be more, got to be more

I’d rather die than let you get away unscathed

Que horas son mi corazón
– Me Gustas Tu by Manu Chao

Just how many stars will I need to hang around
me to get somewhere? Finally, I can be all done.

As the summer fades away, nothing gold can stay.

Seems like street lights, glowing happen to be, Just like moments,
passing in front of me So I hopped in the cab and paid my fare
See, I know my destination, but I’m just not there.

Student Gallery (iRAP Class)

A.I. vs. Human

Mercy on me, would you please spare me tonight
All the quiet nights you bear, seal them off with care,
no one needs to know they’re there, for I will hold them for you

We build and we play
Sculpting dreams out of clay
With the hope that our towers don’t fall
That we won’t have to see the writing on the wall.

Tryna find deeper meaning in nonsense
Tryna grow without hating the process

Emotions are a game only humans can play.

You couldn’t save me, but you can’t let me go I can crave you, but you don’t need to know.

Where we goin’? We should get lost, no more questions, let the wharf talk.

I like people.
I’d like some paper people.
They’d be purple paper people.
Maybe pop-up purple paper people.
Proper pop-up purple paper people.
-Harry Baker

Mystical Animal Kingdom

See the world through the eyes of your inner child. The eyes that sparkle in awe and amazement as they see love, magic and mystery in the most ordinary things.
– Henna Sohail

Love’s gonna get you killed
But pride’s gonna be the death of you, and you and me