Presented by the Surface Design Association, "What do fiber art and Artificial Intelligence have in common? More than many people—including most computer scientists—realize. String, the earliest fiber technology, is 50,000 years old, and fiber has informed myriad technologies since, especially digital computing. Looking toward our digital future, we will use case studies of our own experiences, primarily in quilting and crochet, to address the potentials and limitations of the impact of Generative AI with large language models (LLMs) on fiber arts design and production.​" Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 2 PM EDT. (Note the time change for Daylight Saving)

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"Generative AI can produce instructions and predict outcomes, but unlike humans, it cannot react, reason, decide, and recover. The knowledge sharing of craft circles and the embodied comprehension of physical making—vital to working with that finicky medium of fiber—could inform the training that goes into the creation of AI.

Generative AI is, however, already in our world, and like its revolutionary predecessor, the Jacquard Loom, Generative AI has the potential to be used in either ethical or exploitative ways, and we need to work together and use our fiber knowledge to ensure positive human outcomes."

This Textile Talk takes place, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 2:00 PM EDT (note time change for Daylight Saving). Future installments are held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) each Wednesday.

The video will be recorded and will be able to view later.

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