In the Studio: Ajay Chowdhury
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Indian-born crime fiction author, Ajay Chowdhury, is writing the fifth instalment of his Detective Kamil Rahman series, set between India and the UK. But Ajay is also a leading digital tech entrepreneur and this side of his life influences how he writes his fiction. Join fellow author Paul Waters as he watches Ajay completing the first draft of his latest book with the help of artificial intelligence tools. Some authors – including Paul - fear that AI is an existential threat to human creativity, so why and how does Ajay use it to make his books better?
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| 0:00.0 | But excitement here in New Zealand has been ignited for this tournament. |
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| 0:22.6 | It's um, quarter to four in the morning. |
| 0:27.3 | This is my normal time to write between four and seven every morning, |
| 0:32.6 | because it's incredibly peaceful in the morning. |
| 0:36.0 | It really allows me to focus. |
| 0:38.4 | Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:42.9 | This is the series that gets inside the minds of some of the world's most creative people. |
| 0:48.2 | I'm Paul Waters, and I'm following the crime writer and tech entrepreneur, Ajay Chaudhary, |
| 0:54.3 | as he completes the first draft of his latest novel, |
| 0:57.7 | with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools. |
| 1:00.8 | I mean, you're the first person I've ever shown this to other than my wife, |
| 1:04.5 | and it's all relatively new. |
| 1:06.2 | We'll delve deeper into the clash or intersection between human creativity and AI shortly, |
| 1:13.2 | but for now, let's rejoin Ajay at the early start of his writing day. |
| 1:18.0 | He sent me this progress report from the 16th of June. |
| 1:21.6 | His wife Angelina is still sleeping. |
| 1:24.0 | That's why he's whispering. |
| 1:25.5 | I go to sleep, but not between nine and ten, so I get about six hours' sleep, |
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