Hironori Fukuoka of Fukuoka Weaving in Kyoto, Japan, is turning to AI and Sony Computer Science Laboratories to help keep the ancient Nishijinori kimono-weaving technique alive, using the technology as a collaborator.
Nishijinori's repetitive and geometric patterns are conducive to digital translations, and Fukuoka views AI as useful in identifying new motifs to define the angular lines of traditional patterns.
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