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Will we all be wearing clothes designed by artificial intelligence?

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In January, what had previously only been pixels made a real-world splash on the catwalks of Paris Fashion Week. The models' futuristic-looking clothes, designed in a collaboration between fashion house Acne Studios and artist and programmer Robbie Barrat, were designed by an artificial intelligence (AI). 'When you design a collection, you have an idea of what a jacket looks like, or a pair of trousers,' says Jonny Johansson, creative director of Acne Studios. 'The computer doesn't know what a jacket is. It tries to learn from the images we gave it, and then creates its own idea.