I still remember when creativity meant long hours hunched over a sketchbook or tirelessly clicking through Photoshop just to adjust a shadow. Music production demanded access to a professional studio, and video editing was a painstaking process that often stretched into sleepless nights. But that era is rapidly evolving.
Today, we find ourselves in what I call an AI creative fever. From Bangladesh to the United States, creators are embracing a new generation of tools that do more than assist-they collaborate. Artificial intelligence is no longer some distant, geeky concept. It has become a creative co-pilot, revolutionizing the way we imagine, design, and express.
Remember Midjourney, DALL·E, or Adobe Firefly? These tools take a line of text, "a rainy Dhaka street with neon lights", and turn it into digital art in seconds. For designers, it's a dream. You don't need to sketch ten versions to impress a client. Now, AI helps explore styles, test colors, or generate mood boards instantly.
And yes, AI doesn't stop at pretty pictures. It smartly resizes graphics, removes backgrounds, suggests color palettes, and even creates full layouts. A Bangladeshi graphic designer I know now uses AI daily to meet tight deadlines, and claims he delivers twice the work without feeling burnt out.
This isn't the end of creativity. It's the beginning of speed, scale, and smarter choices.
Music, too, is feeling the fever. Tools like SUNO, AIVA, Amper Music, and Soundful let you create beats, melodies, and entire tracks just by describing a vibe. "Sad folk song in Bengali style"? Done. "Lo-fi chillbeat with a rain backdrop"? You got it.
This is a game-changer for independent artists. No studio, no expensive producer, just your idea and a laptop or PC. AI helps even amateurs compose, mix, and master music that sounds radio-ready.
Of course, it's not about replacing artists. It's about accessibility. It's about giving every teenager in Barishal or Nilphamari the power to experiment with sound.
Here's where things get wild. Text-to-video AI models, like Google's Veo, can generate full videos from a script. You write: "A girl walks through a foggy forest," and boom, it becomes reality. Platforms like RunwayML or Kaiber allow musicians to make animated music videos under USD 50. It's surreal and empowering.
As a communication student myself, I've seen students in my university turn class projects into professional-looking videos in hours. We no longer fear editing software. AI makes visual storytelling fun again.
Voiceovers, transitions, subtitles, even avatars, AI does it all. Imagine what this means for journalism, digital marketing, or youth advocacy campaigns. We're stepping into an age where any idea can become a video, regardless of skill level.
So, Should We Fear or Celebrate? Some worry AI is stealing jobs. But here's the truth. AI is not replacing creative minds, it's unleashing them.
It's freeing us from boring, repetitive tasks so we can focus on what matters, ideas, emotion, originality. And that's what creativity is all about.
Yes, there are questions around copyright, deepfakes, and bias. But banning AI isn't the solution. Learning how to use it ethically and responsibly is.
Bangladesh's young creators, especially those outside Dhaka, now have a rare chance: to leap into the global creative space without barriers. With just a phone and some curiosity, anyone can become an artist, producer, or storyteller. This is not a future to fear. This is a future to shape.
So, to all the designers, musicians, editors, or dreamers out there, embrace the AI creative fever. It's not about man versus machine. It's about man with machine. And that's where the magic begins.
The writer is a Student, Final Year, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka
