aceChelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI
With glasses of champagne sipped among the peonies, Chelsea flower show is generally a friendly and genteel occasion. But this year, the secateurs have been drawn as gardeners clash over the use of AI in designing the exhibits. Matt Keightley, an award-winning designer who has created gardens for figures including Prince Harry, is using artificial intelligence to design his garden for the prestigious show, held at the Royal Hospital gardens in Chelsea, London, next week. He is launching a new app, Spacelift, whi…
AI app Spacelift designing full gardens at Chelsea is presented as expanding access for homeowners priced out of professional design and benefiting the profession with better-informed clients.
Professional garden designers warn that AI replicating their work to design Chelsea exhibits threatens their livelihoods and cannot replicate human insight and connection to place.
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