Bhumi Pednekkar says AI is inevitable and believes in using it as a productive tool rather than resisting it. She carefully integrates AI into her acting process while maintaining strict creative boundaries
Bhumi Pednekkar
As conversations around artificial intelligence continue to dominate creative industries, actor Bhumi Pednekkar offers a thoughtful perspective on how technology can coexist with creativity. Rather than resisting the inevitability of AI, Bhumi believes in engaging with it consciously as a tool to enhance one’s craft.
Bhumi Pednekkar on embracing AI
Speaking on mid-day’s Sit With Hitlist, Bhumi shared how she has been using AI while working on her on-screen characters. The actress revealed that the technology has learnt her patterns and ways of thinking. For Bhumi, the realisation was simple: “The machine knows all of us. This is inevitable. I’d rather use it for productive things in my life.”
That decision led her to embrace AI in practical, time-saving ways. From drafting emails to handling routine tasks, the actor admits the technology has streamlined her workflow, especially as she balances acting with her entrepreneurial ambitions. “It’s really got a lot of useless, time-wasting, clerical things out of my life because I’ve also started my entrepreneurial journey,” she said.
Her curiosity about AI, however, isn’t recent. Bhumi recalled attending an intensive course in Boston that focused entirely on artificial intelligence and its rapid evolution. “It’s evolving every day,” she noted, adding that the experience pushed her to think critically about its potential. “If I do have a disruptive tool handy, easily available to us, something that’s completely democratised society in many, many ways, then how is it that I can use it for my benefit?”
Bhumi on using AI for acting
Despite embracing the technology, Bhumi draws a firm line when it comes to creative ownership. Reflecting on her process during Daldal, she made it clear that scripts are off-limits. “I would never put the script into the machine because I feel like that’s just not okay. That’s going to be available for a lot of people to access because you don’t have control over that.”
Instead, Bhumi uses AI carefully and selectively. Her process involves independently building character notes, motivations, and backstories before turning to technology for additional perspective. “My general process would be where I would make notes about what the character’s past is and why that character is taking the kind of decisions it’s taking, especially for a show like Daldal, which is so complex and complicated.”
What emerges, she said, is a layered exchange between technology and lived experience. “Then the machine gives you a perspective, which also kind of goes into my personal traumas, which it has probably somewhere recognised.” Ultimately, the choice remains hers. “It’s my choice how much of my personal trauma I want to put into this character.”
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