This short course introduces learners to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and explains how large language models and generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, work. Explore the ethical use of GenAI, the implications of authorship, and how these tools might be utilized and regulated moving forward. It brings together University of Michigan experts on communication technology, the economy, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, architecture, and law to discuss the impacts of generative AI now and into the future.