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Designer Hasan Ragab creates immersive digital art using an AI text-to-image generator for Parametric Architecture. The model is called Midjourney and is hosted on a Discord server. After inputting responses to prompts, the AI bot will produce four variations of the result, then you can make more variations out of the existing variations. Hasan Ragab implements his Egyptian heritage into his work, creating futuristic Egyptian temples and reimagining Gaudi-esque buildings. Ideas are processed through a “parametric copy-paste” and new possibilities come with each variation. A perk of Midjourney is that it prioritizes more artistic than realistic results. Taking less than a minute, Midjourney is also very accessible and efficient, as easy as playing a game on your phone. A community of architects and designers has also formed surrounding the model to push the boundaries. Hasan Ragab views AI tools as a new path in architecture. AI tools will have to shift our views on creativity, whether it is for better or worse if up for debate.