AI continues to make its way into every facet of society, and one of the nation’s premier schools for arts and design is no different. Starting in the winter quarter, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) will begin offering a Bachelor of Design in Applied AI, along with the option to minor in it.

The move is a touchy subject to say the least; some artists, especially, have been vocal about the dangers AI can present regarding regurgitating their work after being trained on vast amounts of art, copyright issues, and, plainly, having machines take the artmaking process out of art. Fear of job replacement in an already difficult job market doesn’t make the prospect of AI more appealing, either. One Facebook group, “Artists against AI,” has over 5,000 members; another, “Artists Again

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