Machine Learning

1.4 AI AND PROCESS TRANSFORMATION IN DESIGN AND BEYOND

DOI: 10.4324/9781003297192-5

» EMERGENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES GENERATE AN ARRAY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DESIGNERS IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITISED CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INTRODUCING TREMENDOUS UNCERTAINTY IN DEFINING THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IN A yilORLD OF ACCELERATED AUTOMATED PROCESSES, HOyy MIGHT THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO THE PROFESSION TRANSFORM AS AI BECOMES MORE CAPABLE? «

My first real job in an architect's office was in the pre-digital era, long before computers became ubiquitous in the profession. The managing partner of our small practice in North Carolina returned to the studio one summer afternoon after a demonstration ...