2.4 - Ethics Discussion: AI-generated Image
Lesson 2.4
Name: ___________
By the end of this lesson, I will be able to:
📖 Words to know. You’ll use these words all lesson.
A picture made by an AI tool from a written prompt.
AI-Generate Image
Combining learned patterns to make something new.
Remix
Legal protection for someone’s creative work.
Copyright
When results unfairly favor one group more than another.
Bias
A picture made by an AI tool from a written prompt.
Misinformation
A fake image/video showing someone doing what they never did.
Deepfake
✏️ Fill in the Black Use the Word Bank.
Have you ever made an AI image? What did you type to get it?
remix
copyright
bias
misinformation
prompt
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1 point for answering “remix”
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1 point for answering “biasx”
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1 point for answering “prompt”
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1 point for answering “copyright”
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1 point for answering “misinformation”
1. Can you Tell What’s AI?
One of these are real. Can you spot the one made by AI?
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2. How AI “Remixes” Images
AI “Remixes” Images
In CreatiCode, generate this image: “A dog playing the piano in the style of Van Gogh”
Which Van Gogh “clues” can you spot? (swirly sky? Thick paint? Bright yellows?)
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Try It • The Van Gogh Test
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1 point for answering “AI”
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1 point for answering “Real”
Keep in Mind
AI images can look completely real. If you aren’t sure, other people online won’t be either - that’s why it’s important to be able to identity what’s real and what’s AI!
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1 point for any answer.
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3. What is Copyright?
Does AI infringe on copyright?
⚖️ The Big Debate - there is no clear legal answer yet
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4. Real-World Test
Scenario: You use AI to generate a picture of Mickey Mouse, and you want to put it on a T-shirt.
Copyright & Ownership
Copyright is a legal protection that gives creators control over how their work is used. If you paint a picture, you generally have the right to say who can copy, sell, or display it.
“It’s copying!”
“It’s creating!”
✏️ Where do you stand - closer to “copying” or “creating”? Give one reason.
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How to Avoid Copyright Issues
“A small cartoon mouse standing on two legs, wearing old-fashioned shorts and shoes. Give it large round ears, but make the nose smaller, the gloves fingerless, and the shoes green instead of yellow. Make the eyes oval rather than circular, and the shorts a different shade.”
1. Can you sell the T-shirt without paying Disney?
2. What if you give it
away for free?
3. What if the AI image
looks a little different?
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1 point for any answer.
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1 point for answering “no”
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1 point for answering “no”
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1 point for answering “depends”
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5. Bias, Stereotypes & Harm
Offensive Images and Racial Bias
Generate a backdrop with each prompt, then compare what the AI shows.
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6. Misinformation & Fakes
Your Verification Toolkit
A ______________ is an AI image or video that shows a real
person doing something they never did. This can be used
maliciously to frame people for crimes, spread political
misinformation, or create fake evidence.
Stereotypes & Misinformation
🔍 How to Detect AI-Generate Images
AI learns from images made by people. If the training data has bias or hurtful stereotypes, AI might accidentally copy them into its images - without meaning to.
Why this matters to YOU: AI-generated images that look “too real” could be misunderstood or used by others to mislead people.
“CEOs in a boardroom”
Who showed up?
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Have you ever shared something online, then found out it was fake?
Prompt A
“CEOs in a boardroom, male and female”
What change?
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Prompt B
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1 point for any answer.
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Keep in Mind
If you see the same kind of image over and over, what might they start to believe is “normal”?
It teaches everyone a false idea of who belongs there.
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1 point for answering “deepfake”
Lesson 2.4
I can:
Show What You Learned
| 2. Who should be responsible if an AI image is offensive? Explain? |
3. Is it okay to pass of AI art as your own without saying it’s AI? | 4. Think of one way AI image generation could help people. |
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2 points. 2 points for any answer that contains two of these words: “stage”, “sprite pane”, “code area”, or “console”
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2 points. 1 point for describing a sprite as a character or object. 1 point for describing a backdrop as a background.
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2 points. 2 points for any answer that describes sprites and background/backdrop.
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2 points. 2 points for any screenshot that shows a backdrop and sprites.
When I create or share AI images, I promise to…
Sign Your Name (First Name Last Name):
My AI Ethics Pledge
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1 point. 1 point for any response.
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1 point. 1 point for any response.