‘Mission impossible’ to get young goldsmiths

Lacking that special touch: Philips showing the difference between a handcrafted jewellery (green) and the one made by 3D metal printers and AI. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: As it is “impossible” to hire young Malaysian gold craftsmen, a luxury jeweller has dozens of 3D metal printing machines powered by artificial intelligence.

But it is not good enough – the machines just cannot replicate some handmade works of art.