As Russian artificial intelligence lovers generated some half a million images using an AI assistant to portray their country, a Russian expert concluded that "technology has not replaced human creativity" even amid AI boom and said that "creativity brings people together more effectively than distances or languages can ever pull them apart."
Technology has provided a means of self-expression, Vladislav Kreynin, senior vice-president and director of the Marketing and Communications Department at Sberbank, said.
"We invited people to use artificial intelligence to share what is dear to them — and we watched as thousands of distinct stories came together to form a grand portrait of our country."
From Nov 2 to 6, a campaign inspired by the Giga-Art festival is being featured on digital screens in Russian cities. The 340 best works, generated by participants using the AI assistant GigaChat, were showcased on the festival's website and on large-scale media facades throughout Russia.
Kreynin noted that art knows no boundaries. In celebration of National Unity Day, the bank launched the drive to send holiday greetings to the entire nation. The initiative is part of Sberbank's 185th-anniversary celebrations and runs under the slogan: "United by AI Art. From Russia with Love."
The festival began on Russia Day and concluded on National Unity Day. During the period, hundreds of thousands of people from different parts of Russia worked alongside GigaChat to craft their own vision of the country, drawing inspiration from traditional folk crafts, nature, literature, and local lore.
The festival was open to everyone. All it took was describing an idea in words, and GigaChat would transform it into an image.
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