Conversation with Joshua Mudgett and his collaborator Abby Jasmine
"AI is the natural progression for the design industry as a whole, not just fashion. For fashion, in particular, it's an industry that has been pretty much stuck in the same technological rut since the industrial era. People can put LED's or NFC chips in dresses and call it fashion-tech, but in my opinion, the next great thing in fashion will be something that can redesign our current design methods. AI alone can double the speed of design as well as fix problems like overproduction, design accessibility, manufacturing accountability. It will definitely play a huge role in the future of fashion, so long as people can understand it's not iRobot and won't take their job."