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A bit offtopic, but my fear with these AI systems is that they will create "Discovery channel" effect in other areas - replace fewer good quality items, with a
by krzat 6y ago
A bit offtopic, but my fear with these AI systems is that they will create "Discovery channel" effect in other areas - replace fewer good quality items, with a flood of passable AI generated alternatives, making good quality stuff harder to get. Hope I'm wrong.
- ThePadawan 6y agoFrom what I've seen this is mostly already the state of the cosplay industry, except the AI part: * Some big Chinese manufacturers start drafting the easiest way to get a passable-enough version of an outfit to sell on aliexpress for <$50 in time for Halloween /convention season. * Fans come up with sewing patterns and jewelry sources on their own (a manual process).
- whymauri 6y agoThis is already happening with targeted clothing on Facebook. The jump from simply scraping FB data and filling in the gaps to AI generating the clothing entirely on its own will probably happen soon. https://www.reddit.com/r/TargetedShirts/top/?sort=top&t=month https://www.reddit.com/r/TargetedShirts/top/?sort=top&t=mont...
- pacaro 6y agoInteresting enough this is essentially what machine-made lace did for hand-made lace. Superficially a luxury product became mass-market available, which massively reduced the cachet of lace. But machine made lace is also drastically inferior to hand made lace.