Spring 2024
ARCH 229 2 - SEM 2
Special Topics in Digital Design Theories and Methods
Advanced Special Topics in Design Innovation: Creative Machine Learning Innovation Lab
Kyle Steinfeld
Class #:33892
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Architecture
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 12
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 12
Waitlist Max: 3
Open Reserved Seats:
12 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
Hours & Workload
2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 4 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Selected topics in digital design theories and methods. For current offerings, see departmental website.
Class Description
In this studio-based seminar, students learn to work with machine-learning based generative systems as a design material, and in service of design projects. Here, students are asked to imagine that they've been offered the directorship of the design R&D lab of a major tech company that is responsible for creating foundational ML models - this may include text-to-image models such as Midjourney and DALL-E, or generative text models such as ChatGPT. The mission of this imagined lab is not to participate in the development of this basic technology, but rather to prototype applications of machine learning that are relevant to design practice. On the one hand, projects might be positioned sanguinely, and seek to demonstrate some of the cool things that the technology is capable of. On the other hand, projects might be positioned critically, and seek to expose some of the risks and harms that the technology can cause.
Class Notes
Enrollment in the course is by application only. In the application for the course, students are asked to 1) articulate their interest in the class and 2) demonstrate preparation. Note that the course is open to students that are prepared in different ways - just because you don't hold ALL of the ex..
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Enrollment in the course is by application only. In the application for the course, students are asked to 1) articulate their interest in the class and 2) demonstrate preparation. Note that the course is open to students that are prepared in different ways - just because you don't hold ALL of the experiences we describe here doesn't mean that you won't get into the course - but we do need to strike a balance between folks with different types of preparation.
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Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
12 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None