The general public discovered generative AI, with large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT, in November 2022. Its capabilities and applications continue to expand. First mentioned in 1956 at the Dartmouth CONFERENCE, artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly. Start-ups like AMI Labs, founded by Yann LeCun, are today working to reduce the boundary between the real world and the artificial world by creating “world models”: abstract representations that allow AI systems to perceive their environment and anticipate the consequences of their actions in the physical world.
In the textile industry, modelling reality, using digital twins, is already opening up immense possibilities: optimised quality control with Apollo Plus; automated sorting for recycling with Plas’tri; creation of a virtual universe by Maya Campus, allowing learners to reproduce the movements of an experienced operator.
AI is being put to use in our traditional skills, as well as in our century-old machines, which are continuously improved thanks to sensors. The revolution is affecting every link in the chain: from machines to processes, and all the company’s trades.
Another increasingly prevalent concept is that of “AI agents,” systems capable of autonomously performing tasks on a computer. True “digital twins,” they can assist key positions within a textile company, from design and production to distribution.
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