What if AI designed your furniture? Here’s how it would look
For a new project, an Australian lighting designer teams up with an unexpected collaborator – artificial intelligence. From the upcoming July issue, out on June 30.
As the Melbourne Design Fair was getting set to open mid-May, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, was preparing to address the US Senate hearing on artificial intelligence.
On the one hand, at the Melbourne Convention Centre, almost 70 stall holders were showcasing the work of 100-plus creatives in the fields of furniture, lighting, objects and textile design. On the other, the man whose company gave the world generative artificial intelligence programs ChatGPT and DALL-E was attesting that his “worst fears” are that the technology and the industry “will cause significant harm to the world”.
Stephen ToddDesign editorStephen Todd writes for The Australian Financial Review's weekly Life&Leisure lift out and AFR Magazine. Email Stephen at stephen.todd@afr.com
