Generative AI: How It Works, What You Can Create

Participants explore an overview of Generative AI and a summary of ten breakthroughs that made it possible. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will get immersed in the world of Generative AI, using it to create text, images, and videos, and to interact with Generative AI tools.

Learners will have the opportunity to:
1. Explore an overview of Generative AI
2. Review ten breakthroughs that made Generative AI possible
3. Use Generative AI to create things (texts, images, videos, etc.)
4. Interact with Generative AI tools approved for use with Stanford data

Topics:

Getting to Know Generative AI
- What Generative AI is and how it differs from other types of AI
- How AI generates text, images, and video
- Common terms, including models, prompts, and training
- Generative AI tools and applications

Ten Breakthroughs That Made Generative AI Possible
- The key discoveries and advances behind today's tools
- How improvements in computing, data, and model design enabled new capabilities
- The evolution from early AI systems to tools that generate creative content

Hands-On Creation with Generative AI
- Creating and revising text for everyday tasks
- Generating images from descriptions
- Exploring video generation and visual storytelling
- Programming with AI assistance