{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6355dc01dd5e0e0012da8d8a/69fb8d5313990e6fae1e5dd5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why People Hate AI","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6355dc01dd5e0e0012da8d8a/1778093357075-3eb6144b-b270-4006-a69b-48f6aa5f25c0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Since the earliest days of tools like ChatGPT and Claude, industry conversations have been marked by a tension between excitement around speed and efficiency alongside deep-seated fears of job loss, creative dilution and concerns about its environmental footprint. What once played out in theory is now unfolding in practice – as a broader rejection of what AI represents — particularly as more consumers view AI-generated content as a cost-cutting measure that erodes fashion’s human touch,</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, The Debrief host Sheena Butler-Young discusses with BoF correspondents Marc Bain and Haley Crawford why the backlash is intensifying and how consumer sentiment against brands using AI-generated imagery is forcing a reckoning. They explore whether fashion can actually embrace these tools without losing the care and time that confers luxury status.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Insights:</strong></p><ul><li>Consumers are moving past passive skepticism around AI and increasingly displaying a more visceral negative reaction to AI visuals.</li><li>In an industry built on originality and attribution, AI is often perceived as shortcutting the creative process — or worse, borrowing from artists without credit. For many, it raises uncomfortable questions about what constitutes real creative ownership.</li><li>At the same time, there is growing concern that AI could erode both the craft and the pipeline behind fashion creativity, threatening entry-level roles and the time, care and human touch that underpin luxury’s value.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></li><li><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/technology/why-people-hate-ai/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Why People Hate AI</em></strong></a><strong><em> &nbsp;</em></strong></li><li><a href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/case-studies/marketing-pr/fashion-marketing-ai-guide-brand/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Fashion Marketer’s Guide to AI</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></li><li><a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/technology/revolve-ai-strategy-fashion-ecommerce/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Why Revolve Can’t Stop Talking About AI</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Business of Fashion"}