Jinnah in suede jacket, Aziz Bhatti on a podcast: Pakistani creator brings heroes to life with AI

What would a young Quaid-e-Azam look like wearing a suede jacket if his hair was not carefully combed back? What would Aziz Bhatti Shaheed look like with a 5 o'clock stubble, talking on a podcast after a long day of defending the country's borders? 

These are questions we never asked because there was no possible way of knowing the answer. But perhaps now we can imagine the unimaginable. 

AI has opened a world of possibilities, most notably in recreating people long gone from this world. 

Instagram account @shoaibsaadat posts AI rendered videos on the social media platform. Of late, the account has started sharing haunting yet beautiful videos of our military and civilian heroes in situations and outfits we have never imagined them in. 

One video shows Jinnah and Iqbal reimagined as they travel through what we presume is the London tube. In one frame, a young Jinnah smiles at the camera, his unruly hair and jacket making him look uber cool. Iqbal, meanwhile, alternates between a gritty working class hero and an Edwardian gentleman. 

Another poignant video shows military martyrs who received the Nishaan-e-Haider talking in podcast shows. Aziz Bhatti Shaheed has a lock of hair falling over his forehead while Rashid Minhas Shaheed is still wearing his flying goggles on his head. 

Allama Mohammad Iqbal laughs in one magical video which shows famous Urdu poets attending podcasts. Others featured in the amazing video include a young Parveen Shakir, a handsome Baba Bulleh Shah and Habib Jalib and Faiz being debonair. 

We hope more people reimagine our history and let us see legendary figures in a new light.