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> "design me a sneaker and all the equipment to manufacture it autonomously" We already have sneaker designs and the equipment to manufacture them. Whatever it
by billyp-rva 2mo ago
> "design me a sneaker and all the equipment to manufacture it autonomously"
We already have sneaker designs and the equipment to manufacture them. Whatever it spits out is going to be, at best, a mediocre clone of something that already exists. What exactly is the point?
- baron816 2mo agoSneaker manufacturing is a very manual process. Nike famously tried to automate it and failed (https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/why-its-so-difficult-for-robots-to-make-your-nike-sneakers-47b882b5 https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/why-its-so-difficult-for-r...). Designing and constantly changing all the processes is more expensive than just having people do it by hand. If you can have AI design the process, then the equation switches.