Machine Learning

3.2 CREATING, CONSUMING AND CURATING DATA

DOI: 10.4324/9781003297192-15

>> DIGITISATION OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY MAKES DATA MORE PORTABLE, TRANSMITTABLE AND, TO SOME DEGREE, FUNGIBLE. AI SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE LARGE SWATHES OF SUCH DATA, FIRST FOR TRAINING AND THEN TO PERFORM. A GIVEN PROJECT GENERATES DATA IN A WIDE VARIETY OF FORMATS, SCALES AND LEVELS OF RESOLUTION BY DISPARATE PLAYERS WITH A VARIETY OF MOTIVATIONS TO SHARE IT, OR NOT. AS AI CHANGES THE DEMAND FOR AND CONSUMPTION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION BY ARCHITECTS, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCESS? <<

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