The TED AI Show The AI-powered tools supercharging your imagination
Jul 16, 2024
Discover how AI is transforming creativity and imagination with powerful tools like 3D scans. Hear about the fusion of reality and imagination, AI advancements revolutionizing creativity, and the connection between physical and digital worlds. Dive into the impact of AI on the future of work and society.
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Childhood Obsession
- Bilawal Sidhu's childhood obsession with computer graphics started in 2001 when he was 11 years old, living in India.
- This sparked a lifelong quest to blend reality and imagination, influencing his career in tech and content creation.
Democratization of Reality Capture
- Photogrammetry, once resource-intensive, has become democratized through machine learning and techniques like Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs).
- NeRFs excel at capturing the nuances of reality, enabling 3D "screenshots" with tools like Luma on iPhones.
Reskinning Reality
- Leverage in-painting with tools like ControlNet to augment existing imagery and "reskin" reality by incorporating depth and texture information from 3D scans.
- This accelerates workflows, allowing for quick style changes in various applications, from interior design to video editing.