RISD · AI Studio·Fall 2026
Ghost in the Machine
Lessons
01
The Telephone Website
Draw a site on paper, hand it to a stranger, and watch an agent build what they read. Also sets up Codex and the grill-me skill.
02 · soon
Orca worktrees
Several agents on one project at once.
Reading
A first selection. The two PDFs are on the class Google Drive and open with your RISD account.
PDF · Google Drive
Christopher Kulendran Thomas, October
Read for week 2.
PDF · Google Drive
Yuk Hui, Imagination and the Infinite
A critique of artificial imagination. Balkan Journal of Philosophy, 2023.
Essay · Substack
Brand After Vibes
Nemesis. The text discussed in week 2.
Video and text · dis.art
Jon Rafman, Ebrah K'Dabri
The AI Prompt Manifesto, watched and discussed in week 1.
Tools
Syllabus
Read the syllabus: description, grading, the week by week schedule, and the full reading list.