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Conversational AI for sustainable craft futures : a GPT tool for Maheshwari Saree stakeholders
ID Nagpal, Rikhil (Author), ID Kumar, Sushil (Author)

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Abstract
A custom GPT-based conversational tool called Maheshwari Saree – Timeless Elegance was developed. The study explores the potential of AI in real-time design reasoning, stakeholder dialogue simulation and craft-specific pattern interpretation. This tool served as both a research output and an experimental method to examine how AI can be ethically trained to respond to the needs of diverse users in the craft-based fashion ecosystem. The GPT is envisioned as a living framework that is capable of responding to user queries about Maheshwari sarees, proposing AI-generated design directions based on traditional motifs, simulating ethical dilemmas in authorship and enabling accessibility to craft knowledge through natural language. The underlying hypothesis is that AI systems trained using culturally grounded data could serve as collaborative tools rather than disruptive agents in design. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of using custom-trained conversational AI as both a research tool and a cultural design interface. As AI continues to enter heritage domains, such training methods could become standard in co-design processes, cultural archiving, educational platforms and participatory fashion dialogues.

Language:English
Keywords:AI, artificial intelligence, craft, sustainable fashion, maheshwari saree
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:NTF - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2026
Number of pages:Str. 76-89
Numbering:Vol. 69, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-190909 This link opens in a new window
UDC:677
ISSN on article:0351-3386
DOI:10.14502/tekstilec.68.2026010 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:304307715 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:06.11.2026
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Title:Tekstilec : glasilo slovenskih tekstilcev
Shortened title:Tekstilec
Publisher:Zveza inženirjev in tehnikov tekstilcev, Splošno združenje tekstilne industrije, Zveza inženirjev in tehnikov tekstilcev, Splošno združenje tekstilne industrije, Društvo inženirjev in tehnikov tekstilcev, Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za tekstilstvo, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Pogovorna umetna inteligenca za trajnostno prihodnost obrti : GPT-orodje za deležnike v industriji maheshwarijskega sarija
Abstract:
Na osnovi tehnologije GPT (generativni prednaučeni transformator) je bilo razvito prilagojeno pogovorno orodje, poimenovano Mahešwarijski sari – brezčasna eleganca. Raziskan je bil potencial umetne inteligence pri inženirskem načrtovanju v realnem času, vzpostavljanju dialoga z deležniki in interpretaciji specifičnih obrtniških vzorcev. Orodje, ki je rezultat raziskave, je služilo kot poskusna metoda za proučevanje, kako je umetno inteligenco mogoče etično usposobiti za odzivanje na potrebe različnih uporabnikov tradicionalnih obrtnih veščin v modnem ekosistemu. GPT-orodje je zasnovano tako, da odgovarja na uporabniška vprašanja o mahešwarijskih sarijih, predlaga oblikovalske smernice na podlagi tradicionalnih motivov, simulira etične dileme pri avtorstvu in omogoča dostop do obrtniškega znanja prek naravnega jezika. Temeljna hipoteza je, da sistemi umetne inteligence, učeni na podatkih, povezanih s kulturo, lahko sodelujejo pri oblikovanju in ne ovirajo ustvarjalnega procesa. Ta raziskava dokazuje možnost uporabe po meri učene pogovorne umetne inteligence kot raziskovalnega orodja in vmesnika za ustvarjanje tradicionalnih vzorcev. Tovrstne metode uporabe bi lahko postale standard v procesih sooblikovanja, arhiviranja, izobraževalnih platformah in sooblikovanju modnih praks, kjer umetna inteligenca vstopa na področja kulturne dediščine.

Keywords:umetna inteligenca, obrt, trajnostna moda, mahešwarijski sari

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