Editor's Picks #548
Phil Bernstein speculated on the set of opportunities "that architects will see in the next decade as such systems (AI language transformers and image generators) become more capable and available" and proposes "five strategies to guide its future". As he sees it, this future will be one not of "BIM monkeys" but "AI Monkey Trainers." If nothing else Gary Garvin appreciated the optimism "It looks like the architect's job, or at least the lead architect's, will become more demanding, hopefully more rewarding, with more effective and useful and beneficial results." Plus, Amanda Wasielewski cautioned that "text-to-image generators have no…spatial awareness or understanding, and we cannot take for granted that they ‘perceive’ space in two-dimensional images the same way we do." Their "blind spots and limitations" in this area include the inability to count, problem rendering hands and the Escher-esque stairways they generate. Donna Sink couldn't help but wonder whether "as the generate...
Phil Bernstein speculated on the set of opportunities "that architects will see in the next decade as such systems (AI language transformers and image generators) become more capable and available" and proposes "five strategies to guide its future". As he sees it, this future will be one not of "BIM monkeys" but "AI Monkey Trainers." If nothing else Gary Garvin appreciated the optimism
"It looks like the architect's job, or at least the lead architect's, will become more demanding, hopefully more rewarding, with more effective and useful and beneficial results."
Plus, Amanda Wasielewski cautioned that "text-to-image generators have no…spatial awareness or understanding, and we cannot take for granted that they ‘perceive’ space in two-dimensional images the same way we do." Their "blind spots and limitations" in this area include the inability to count, problem rendering hands and the Escher-esque stairways they generate.
Donna Sink couldn't help but wonder whether "as the generate...
