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KARNELSINGH SURENDRASINGH BHATTI, DIRECTOR, EYEVOKE OPTICALS AND VISION CARE PVT LTD. “AI CAN MAP FACES AND SPOT RISING TRENDS FASTER THAN ANY OF US, BUT DESIGNING AN ICONIC FRAME STILL TAKES EMOTION, SUBTLE DETAILING, AND REAL CRAFTSMANSHIP. IN OPTICAL RETAIL, AI SHARPENS OUR PRECISION WITH DATA, BUT THE REAL CONNECTION HAPPENS WHEN YOU STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE SCREEN. THINK OF AI AS A RELIABLE BACK-ROOM ASSISTANT—IT HELPS US GET MEASUREMENTS SPOT-ON AND KEEPS OUR INVENTORY SMART. BUT WHEN A CLIENT IS SITTING ACROSS FROM YOU, CHOOSING EYEWEAR IS DEEPLY PERSONAL. AN ALGORITHM CAN CALCULATE WHAT FITS ON PAPER, BUT ONLY AN EXPERIENCED OPTICIAN NOTICES THAT IMMEDIATE SPARK IN A CLIENT'S EYES WHEN A FRAME TRULY MATCHES THEIR PERSONALITY. TECHNOLOGY GIVES US ACCURACY, BUT HUMAN WARMTH IS WHAT BUILDS LONG-TERM TRUST.” YASH TURAKHIA, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TURAKHIA OPTICIANS - CHENNAI “AI IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL FOR ANALYSING TRENDS, OPTIMISING DESIGNS AND EVEN GENERATING COUNTLESS VARIATIONS OF FRAMES. BUT ICONIC EYEWEAR HAS NEVER BEEN CREATED BY DATA ALONE. IT IS BORN FROM HUMAN VISION, EMOTION, PURPOSE AND THE COURAGE TO CHALLENGE CONVENTION. AN AI SYSTEM CAN COMBINE EXISTING SHAPES, COLOURS AND DESIGN LANGUAGES WITH REMARKABLE EFFICIENCY, BUT TRUE ICONS ARE CREATED BY PEOPLE WHO BRING THEIR EXPERIENCES, BELIEFS AND CREATIVITY INTO THE DESIGN. WHAT MAKES A FRAME TIMELESS ISN'T JUST HOW IT LOOKS—IT'S THE STORY, PHILOSOPHY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP BEHIND IT. I BELIEVE AI WILL BECOME AN INVALUABLE PARTNER IN EYEWEAR DESIGN AND RETAIL, ESPECIALLY IN PERSONALISATION AND EFFICIENCY, BUT IT SHOULD ENHANCE HUMAN CREATIVITY, NOT REPLACE IT. IN LUXURY EYEWEAR, THE HUMAN TOUCH WILL ALWAYS BE THE ELEMENT THAT TRANSFORMS A BEAUTIFUL FRAME INTO AN ICONIC ONE.” RAMACHANDRAN PARTHASARATHY, EYEWEAR EXPERT “ABSOLUTELY—AI WILL PREDICT AND SHAPE THE NEXT ICONIC EYEWEAR TRENDS AS GEN Z AND GEN ALPHA DRIVE FASTER-CHANGING FASHION PREFERENCES, BUT ITS GREATEST VALUE WILL BE IN COMBINING GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE WITH REGION-SPECIFIC STYLE INSIGHTS, BECAUSE THE FUTURE OF EYEWEAR IS NOT ‘ONE DESIGN FITS ALL’ BUT ‘AI-ENABLED LOCAL RELEVANCE.” 59 VISION PLUS INDIA EDITION