Over the past few years, these machine learning systems have been tweaked and refined, undergoing multiple iterations to find their present popularity with the everyday internet user. These image generators--DALL-E and Midjourney arguably the most prominent--generate imagery from a variety of text prompts, for instance allowing people to create conceptual renditions of architectures of the future, present, and past. But as we exist in a digital landscape filled with human biases--navigating these image generators requires careful reflection. Midjourney is a particularly interesting Artificial Intelligence tool, proving popular amongst artists and designers alike for its painting-like, imaginative images created from sometimes very minimal text prompts. But the results fed back using this tool also raise complicated questions surrounding image-making and design, questions brought to the forefront when using prompts like "African architecture" to produce images.

Architectural style is a medium for the promotion of cultural identities and cohesion. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations provide a prism through which all forms of vernacular architecture can be viewed. This study is presented through the lens of the soul of the eye coupled with the power of technological probing. It showcases research results combining the above (...) stated synergy--starting from some of SAARC's sophisticated historic cultures, cultures that ebbed and flowed along its shores and valleys. This paper shall touch upon unique cultural roots stretching back to the Dravidian civilization that flourished over 3500 years ago and also look at the grouping of houses within the Indus Valley Civilization in Lothal and the Sarasvati Valley Civilization in Kalibangan.