This document outlines an agenda for a doctoral symposium presentation on AI and prompt engineering. The presentation introduces three AI tools - Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for generating AI art, and ChatGPT for natural language generation. It demonstrates how AI art can be generated using prompts inspired by Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series. It also shows how prompt engineering allows generating variations of the AI art by revising the prompts. The presentation discusses future directions for prompt engineering and its growing applications in AI integration and productivity tools.

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Dr. Cynthia Calongne
Doctoral Symposium
Colorado Technical University
May 18, 2023
New cover image by C. Calongne and Midjourney 5.2
AI and Prompt Engineering

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Agenda
• Brief History
• Introducing three AI natural language processing (NLP) tools
• AI-Generated Art using Midjourney and Stable Diffusion
• ChatGPT by OpenAI
• Examine their strengths and limitations
• Prompt Engineering
• Future Directions and Questions
Updated image by C. Calongne in Midjourney 5.2
Calongne, C., Bettencourt, J., & Fliesen, D. (2023). AI workflows: AI art and writing resources.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z6Q4rlxsGAF129KxCVMaiIGoOCWYIg4T5F4JVLPa2rE/edit?usp=sharing

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• Machine Learning
• IBM Watson
• Jeopardy
• Ethnographic
Research Study

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The following AI art-generated images use prompts featuring Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life
series for Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age. CC-0 at the National Gallery of Art

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• Midjourney runs in Discord
• Uses NLP prompts to generate images /imagine
• Dr. C’s SL Endowment for the Arts exhibit builds on William
Gibson’s The Peripheral, an Amazon TV series
• Original on left, upscaled in the center, variation with revised
prompt on the right. Which do you prefer?
Prompt: a young girl finds a secret garden in a dystopian future
London, style of Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life
Prompt: a secret garden on the other side of the
portal in a dystopian future London, style of
Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life

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• Prompt: A red-haired lady riding a
horse in medieval dress
• 2nd: Long red hair medieval dress
realistic horse (right)
• My Pikes Peak photo from class
(left) became me as a horse (right)
(left) Lyr Lobo at a Virtual Ability conference in Second Life
• Prompt: Lady of Shallot realistic
medieval dress and long hair
• My Second Life avatar (left)
became me as a horse (right)

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Prompt: magical castles guarded by dragons in a
magical world, style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life
Upscaled: magical castles guarded by dragons in a
magical world, style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life

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Variation: magical castles guarded by dragons in a
magical world, style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life
Upscaled magical castles guarded by dragons in a
magical world, style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life

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ChatGPT
Large language model
Generative AI

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Future Directions – Prompt Engineering is rising in popularity and a high demand skill.
AI Integration with Bing, Edge, Azure, and in Office 365.
Warren, T. (2023, March 16). Microsoft announces Copilot: the AI-powered future of Office documents. The
Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23642833/microsoft-365-ai-copilot-word-outlook-teams
For humor and commentary on AI use
Parker, T., & South Park Studios. (2023, March 8). Deep learning [Video]. Comedy Central.
https://southpark.cc.com/episodes/8byci4/south-park-deep-learning-season-26-ep-4
Workshop Handout with examples, links, and tips
Calongne, C., Bettencourt, J., & Fliesen, D. (2023). AI workflows: AI art and writing resources.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z6Q4rlxsGAF129KxCVMaiIGoOCWYIg4T5F4JVLPa2rE/edit?usp=sharing