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AI, ChatGPT, and Beyond

This guide provides a starting place for MVC faculty, staff, and students to learn about ChatGPT and generative AI and how to use it responsibly.

Craiyon

Getting Started with Craiyon

Craiyon is a free AI image generator – previously known as DALL·E mini – that includes upgraded features, such as no watermark, on a subscription basis. The free version includes ads on screen, and takes some time to create an image.

Here is an example of the photo output from Craiyon, from the following prompt: "dinner plate with meatballs and spaghetti, with a glass of wine, on a picnic table near the ocean, with seagulls in the sky as the sun sets". When you 

screenshot of Craiyon image output

  • To use, go to craiyon.com
  • Enter your prompt, and click on the 'Draw' button
  • Wait while images are generated. 
  • Clicking on one of the image outputs will lead to other similar AI generated images to choose from. 

Helpful Craiyon guides

How to use Craiyon AI (formerly known as DALL-E mini)

Attributions

"How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated Guide"by Ethan Mollickis licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

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