Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Education

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence technology that can produce various types of content, including text, imagery, audio and synthetic data and  that focuses on creating things like stories, art, and music.  It's like having a creative computer or robot that can generate new and original content. The recent buzz around generative AI has been driven by the simplicity of new user interfaces for creating high-quality text, graphics and videos in a matter of seconds [source].

Possibly the most famous example of generative AI is ChatGPT. ChatGPT can understand human language and use its knowledge to have conversations. It can generate responses that sound like a real person wrote them.  Another popular generative AI tool is Gemini.

Generative artificial intelligence works by learning to model various patterns from vast databases and using this information to create something new. With effective prompting, you can use generative AI for creative content creation, such as courses. If you're hesitant about creating such content, you can still use AI to generate content, but you can always tailor the generated content according to style or simply use it for generating ideas for your own content and teaching.