The quantity of very useful and helpful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools numbers into the hundreds, if not thousands.  AI tools offer many advantages for engineers and designers when approaching a new project. There has been intense focus on AI’s ability to do writing and coding.  However, AI excels in areas requiring human input for the more visual tasks of designing.  AI is associated with a plethora of new terms which may be confusing or overwhelming at first.  This course provides context and meaning to some of these new terms.  It also includes curated lists of AI tools for a variety of applications.

·        List AI tool categories and specific AI tools for various tasks

·        Define common AI terminology

·        Describe proven approaches for getting started with AI

·        Define Deep Learning

·        Define Large Language Models and agents

·        Explain some limitations of AI tools

·        Compare and contrast generative design and optimization

·        List AI-based graphics tools for beginners