Noida-based policy researcher uses AI to portray snow in Delhi | Trending
The cold wave in North India is not just causing winter chills and shivers, but also inspiring creativity of some. While living in Delhi might feel like a hill station, Noida-based Angshuman Choudhury imagines how the city would look like if it got engulfed in snow. Choudhury’s creativity, conceived using Artifical Intelligence (AI) has resulted in a viral social media post.
Angshuman Choudhury works as a policy researcher at an independent think tank in Delhi.
Choudhury, who works as a full-time policy researcher, seldom finds the time to indulge in his passion of painting, photography, and filmmaking. “AI has passed the futility of spending hours, if not days, on the same thing. You can create things instantly,” he shares, adding how this medium is a powerful tool especially for young arts on a shoestring budget.
The iconic landmark of India Gate stands tall on a snowy day, as imagined Choudhury.
Choudhury feels AI is much less time taking, and adds, “Most people are slowly moving away from only quality, and prioritising speed and quantity. The audience wants more and more content, and as fast as possible… A lot of filmmakers would need to create story boards hand before even starting the process of making a film and that takes a lot of time and money. But with AI, all you have to do is feed in a bunch of prompts based on your imagination and it can create the wildest of the visuals you need, in mere seconds!”
A peek of the snowed in Lodhi Gardens in Delhi, as visualised Choudhury using AI.
But, Choudhury opines there’s also a downside to AI-generated art. “The AI space is very new and collaborative, but it’s rapidly replacing the human elements. At the end of the day, it’s a machine which is regurgitating broad inputs and stereotypes being fed to it in bulk,” he adds.
The city of Kolkata moves on unimpeded in a snow storm, as depicted Choudhury.
With the pen replacing the quill, computers replacing typewriters, and stylus replacing the paintbrush, times are always a ’changing. “Today, AI is democratising the visual arts,” feels Choudhury, adding, “Creativity is no longer being hindered the inability to paint or operate Photoshop. You can be on an equal footing with arts the world over, and I see it as a logical progression.”Author tweets @KritiKambiriFor more stories follow Facebook and Twitter
