- Year 10
Understanding image generators
I can identify ethical issues and biases in AI-generated images and create images using AI tools.
- Year 10
Understanding image generators
I can identify ethical issues and biases in AI-generated images and create images using AI tools.
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Key learning points
- The quality and level of detail in a text prompt directly affect the accuracy and style of the generated image.
- When generating images with AI, it is important to consider ethics and fair representation.
- Adding details such as style, setting and mood in a prompt helps you control and refine image outputs.
Keywords
Image generator - an AI tool that produces pictures from a prompt using patterns it has identified in large collections of existing images
Style - the visual appearance of an image, such as realistic, cartoon, photographic or painted
Refine - to make small changes to something in order to improve its accuracy, quality or suitability
Common misconception
AI image generators create completely original artwork from scratch.
AI image generators create new images by learning from and combining patterns found in millions of existing images. They don’t “imagine” or invent things like a human artist; they remix data they were trained on.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is important for making a machine learning model accurate?
Q2.Why do we use test data in machine learning?
Q3.What does it mean if data is unrepresentative?
Q4.What is it called when a model gives everyone the same chance?
Q5.Arrange these in the order they should happen:
Q6.Match the word to its meaning:
does not show the whole group
includes a wide range of examples
treats everyone equally
favouring one group over another
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What do we call the instructions given to an image generator?
Q2.Match the word to its meaning:
an AI tool that produces pictures from prompts
make small changes to improve
the look or appearance of an image
treats everyone equally