I see what you see. I don't see the main challenge as how AI is utilized. There is a business case for it, and it will be applied.
The bigger question is how are large corporate institutions going to change their structure? It isn't even a systems problem. It is more of an infrastructure one.
Where I live, we have bright, beautiful office towers downtown that are relatively empty. An artisan culture doesn't need these legacy structures of corporate expansion.
Here in NC, we have hundreds of old factorie that are the legacy of the era when textile and furniture manufacturers sent their production overseas chasing low-wages. Many of these old factories are being repurposed for local enterprise development.
One such place is StarWorks in Star, NC - https://www.starworksnc.org/ - that has refurbished an old hosiery mill into an arts education, artist studios, and social gathering place for the central region of the state. Whoever thought of putting a brewpub and sandwich shop next to glass, metal fabrication, and pottery studios, with a sales gallery? It is brilliant.
I see what you see. I don't see the main challenge as how AI is utilized. There is a business case for it, and it will be applied.
The bigger question is how are large corporate institutions going to change their structure? It isn't even a systems problem. It is more of an infrastructure one.
Where I live, we have bright, beautiful office towers downtown that are relatively empty. An artisan culture doesn't need these legacy structures of corporate expansion.
Here in NC, we have hundreds of old factorie that are the legacy of the era when textile and furniture manufacturers sent their production overseas chasing low-wages. Many of these old factories are being repurposed for local enterprise development.
One such place is StarWorks in Star, NC - https://www.starworksnc.org/ - that has refurbished an old hosiery mill into an arts education, artist studios, and social gathering place for the central region of the state. Whoever thought of putting a brewpub and sandwich shop next to glass, metal fabrication, and pottery studios, with a sales gallery? It is brilliant.
I dropped by on my way home from vacation and thought of your New Artisans perspective. I did a podcast episode centered on the glass studio - https://edbrenegar.substack.com/p/helmi-remes-starworks-artist-residency.
My point here is that encouraging a New Artisan culture also requires a reinvention of workspace. This is what excites me about this whole story.