Course Overview

AI Technologies in Media is designed to help media professionals understand the basics of AI and leverage the assistive and generative AI tools available to create high-quality productions and production assets. It will give you the essential knowledge of AI you’ll need to remain competitive, productive, and relevant in these fast-paced and exciting times.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will identify ways in which assistive and generative AI can bring significant value to your productions. 

You will be able to:

• Describe fundamental AI concepts.
• Identify AI concepts and tools related to text and coding.
• Identify AI concepts and tools related to images and video.
• Identify AI concepts and tools related to audio.
• Solve media production problems with AI.
• Identify challenges associated with AI.

Audience Profile

This course is primarily designed for media professionals working in the audio, video, image, gaming, and coding industries who are interested in understanding the AI tools available. It’s a great starting point to unlocking new production opportunities and augmenting existing workflows with AI tools. This course is for individuals who want to become more agile in the fast-paced media landscape.

Pre-requisite

To ensure your success in this course, you should have a foundational knowledge of the media industry you are focused in—audio, video, image, gaming, coding, etc. You should also have a basic understanding of the computers, software, and related hardware systems used in these industries.

Course Outline 

Module 1: AI Fundamentals

• Topic A: AI Concepts
• Topic B: Assistive and Generative AI Concepts

Module 2: Text and Coding AI Concepts and Tools 

• Topic A: Text and Coding AI Concepts
• Topic B: Assistive and Generative Text and Coding AI Tools

Module 3: Image and Video AI Concepts and Tools

• Topic A: Image and Video AI Concepts
• Topic B: Assistive and Generative Image and Video AI Tools

Module 4: Audio AI Concepts and Tools

• Topic A: Audio AI Concepts
• Topic B: Assistive and Generative Audio AI Tools

Module 5: Solving Media Production Problems with AI 

• Topic A: AI Implementations in Video Production Workflows
• Topic B: AI Implementations in Audio Production Workflows
• Topic C: AI Implementations in Game Design Workflows

Module 6: Identifying the Challenges of AI

• Topic A: Identify the Shortcomings of Assistive and Generative AI
• Topic B: Identify Ethical Risks of Assistive and Generative AI