Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI
TL;DR
Horticulturalists express alarm after award-winning designer Matt Keightley launches an app that can automate garden designs. Chelsea Flower Show, normally a genteel occasion, has turned combative as gardeners clash over AI in the exhibits. Keightley, who has built gardens for figures including Prince Harry, is using artificial intelligence to design his garden for the prestigious show at the Royal Hospital gardens in Chelsea next week.
Nauti's Take
What Keightley is doing is smart: AI takes hours of routine planning off his plate so he can focus on the creative calls, and pushing through design variants gets dramatically faster. The catch: if no one can tell where the human stops and the algorithm begins, the craft loses its core.
Designers who use AI as a sketching tool gain real speed; those who pass it off as authorship risk the credibility of the whole industry.
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