Some designers may be eliminated because of this, this has just entered the field of textile and apparel

Recently, in the 2019 Central Academy of Fine Arts graduate student painting exhibition, there are a number of paintings named Xia Yubing students who are quite masterful. In fact, these works are automatically generated by artificial intelligence, and Xia Yubing is Microsoft's artificial intelligence brand - Microsoft Xiao Bing's alias in this exhibition. In addition, Microsoft Xiao Bing can not only paint, but also design.

Entering the "ç‹  role" in the field of textile and clothing

Recently, Microsoft Xiaobing textile and apparel fabric design platform was officially released, which announced a new exploration of artificial intelligence in the field of design, but also brought more possibilities for commercialization. In the near future, when you see a lady dressed in a chic dress, it may not be necessary to ask which designer is from a famous designer, because it is likely that it comes from artificial intelligence.

The platform was jointly developed by the Microsoft (Asia) Internet Engineering Institute and the China National Textile and Apparel Council and several large textile fabric companies to support dozens of popular patterns and illustration designs. The diversity that is not repeated now can reach 10 to the 26th power, which is equivalent to drawing a completely different surface for each grain of sand on the earth.

According to Xu Yuanchun, general manager of the Microsoft (Asia) Internet Engineering Institute and the Artificial Intelligence Creation and Business Division, when the development of Xiao Bing’s entire painting model was completed in two or three months, the China Textile Industry Federation just came to Microsoft to talk. It has reached the huge challenges and design bottlenecks facing China's textile industry. Due to the low design capability, the industry can only produce large quantities on a limited design basis each year, which leads to the destruction and processing of a large number of inventory products in China's textile and apparel industry each year. If there is a technology that can provide more customized solutions for more people, and ensure more on-demand production under the premise of efficient production, the waste of the whole industry and environmental pollution may be reduced. Based on this, Xiao Bing entered the field of textile design and came into being.

"We hope that all industrialized and industrialized artificial intelligence creation categories can solve problems rather than add chaos. The value of artificial intelligence creation is that it learns very fast and there is no bottleneck that humans may encounter. Microsoft (Asia Li Di, deputy dean of the Internet Engineering Institute, said, "For Xiao Bing, if you are not correct, you can go back to re-learning. There will be no limitations. ”

Does artificial intelligence pose a threat to designers?

Although artificial intelligence can only be used as an aid to creative design, who dares to assert that artificial intelligence will not become the protagonist of this industry in the future? At this stage, the application of artificial intelligence in the field of textiles and clothing can already support a variety of pattern design, then will artificial intelligence pose a threat to designers, leading to the loss of designers? Li Di said that from two aspects: "In the era of high customization, human designers can establish a new production relationship, let artificial intelligence participate in collaborative work. For example, workers from the original manipulation of traditional hand tools to From manipulating machine tools to manipulating artificial intelligence to help them accomplish together, we don’t think this is a threat from this process. But on the other hand, when human designers are not as good as artificial intelligence, they are often replaced. brutal reality."

In this regard, Jingdong Group Chairman and CEO Liu Qiangdong also gave his opinion at the World Intelligence Conference: the development of artificial intelligence technology will not lead to large-scale unemployment of workers, on the contrary, the development of technology can bring people Freed from heavy labor, the state can also shorten the length of people's work through legislation and other means, so that more people can have time to spend with their families and enjoy a better life. In addition, he also stressed that every era of change will create new opportunities. When the second industrial revolution came, a large number of cars replaced rickshaw drivers. Many rickshaw drivers took advantage of the trend and invested in new trends to learn to drive cars. To make car wheels... Since then, there have been countless great companies, so you don't have to be so afraid of artificial intelligence.

From unmanned parking lots, unmanned supermarkets, unmanned restaurants that order food to smart security, smart customer service and smart medical care, artificial intelligence has blossomed everywhere. Baidu founder Li Yanhong is also more optimistic about artificial intelligence. He believes that artificial intelligence will make people live better. In the future, drivers, translators, financial analysts and other occupations may be replaced by artificial intelligence, but this era needs more creative. Work, need more people who understand AI. The lack of AI knowledge limits our imagination, but it does not limit job creation. After every technological change, we should be worried about whether we are unemployed. In fact, we should look forward to how to use these precious time that has been liberated to do more valuable things.

The times are rapidly developing and changing, and promoting the deep integration of the new generation of artificial intelligence R&D applications and industries is becoming a new entry point and breakthrough point for many traditional industries to achieve transformation and upgrading . At the same time, we have seen that the trend of science and technology also puts higher demands on industrial talents. Ordinary design and operation work may eventually be replaced by machines, but know AI and know how to make better use of artificial intelligence for higher Quality, not a greater number of creations, is what the industry really needs under the megatrend.