DESIGN 282: Designing with Machine Learning

Course Description

Machine learning is everywhere - but where is it in your design practice? You are the next generation of creators to harness the potential of machine learning and also to understand its implications. Expect to explore and deepen your design abilities by leveraging generative AI tools while navigating the benefits and tradeoffs as you build out your AI toolbox for design. This class invites a mix of designers, data scientists, engineers, business people, and diverse professionals of all backgrounds to help create a multi-disciplinary environment for collaboration. Through a mixture of hands-on guided investigations and design projects, students will learn to design WITH machine learning and create lasting value within their human contexts and environments.