ABSTRACT

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the automation of creative work have received little attention in craft education. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring Finnish pre-service craft teachers’ and teacher educators’ (N = 15) insights into the potential benefits and challenges of AI, particularly text-to-image generative AI. This study implemented a hands-on workshop on creative making with text-to-image generative AI in order to stimulate discourses and capture imaginaries concerning generative AI. The results revealed that making with AI inspired teachers to consider the unique nature of crafts as well as the tensions and tradeoffs of adopting generative AI in craft practices. The teachers identified concerns in data-driven design, including algorithmic bias, copyright violations and black-boxing creativity, as well as in power relationships, hybrid influencing and behaviour engineering. The article concludes with a discussion of the complicated relationships the results uncovered between creative making and generative AI.

摘要

人工智能 (AI) 和创造性工作的自动化在工艺教育中很少受到关注。本研究旨在通过探索芬兰的职前手艺教师和教师教育者（N = 15) 洞察 AI 的潜在优势和挑战，尤其是文本到图像生成 AI。这项研究实施了一个关于使用文本到图像生成 AI 进行创意制作的实践研讨会，以激发关于生成 AI 的讨论和捕捉想象。结果表明，使用 AI 进行制作启发了教师考虑手工艺品的独特性，以及在工艺实践中采用生成 AI 的压力和权衡。教师们确定了数据驱动设计中的问题，包括算法偏见、侵犯版权和黑盒创造力，以及权力关系、混合影响和行为工程。文章最后讨论了创意制作与生成 AI 之间的复杂关系。