quite interesting, I've been reading about this topic for a while, whether it's machine learning algorithms for optimizing design solutions by parameters or an AI that takes inputs then creates variations of some design, AI has been in the creative fields for a while, and it'll evolve. the most important thing here is to keep up with these technologies, learn, and empower ourselves so we can get the most of them. An AI tool won't take the architects' role, instead, it'll be a helpful assistant to them.
I think there is a lot more to architecture that AI can literally never achieve. For example, create an AI that can do the job of an Architect. AI and Software are tools. Tools evolve with industries, the same way jobs evolve with industries. It used to take a team of people to run a computer and now we have one in our pockets. Similarly, projects that take a team of Architects today will simply be possible to pull off by a single architect. The quality of the output will still depend on the user behind the AI, always. So the takeaway from this video should be: LEARN, EVOLVE and EMPOWER yourself as an architect with the tools and technologies of today. Only then can you be an architect of tomorrow.
I agree. The analogy of a calculator and a mathematician doesn't really fit in here. A client may chose to use a tool in order to participate in a project's process; for present,say finding what they like on Pinterest, designing their interior spaces on 3D online tools like Houzz and such apps. Extrapolating this for the future is very interesting. On similar lines, the client may be able to figure out the best plan layout for their project (using a small tool like the calculator), but they would still need a facilitator who manages everyone involved and takes the project forward, the architect. Even today, designing is maybe 30 to 40 percent of what architects do on a daily basis, maybe even less. AI will certainly help design better, but only as a tool. Rest 60 to 70 percent of managing, communicating, assessing, supervising and facilitating the client with the necessary knowledge of a construction process, on a daily basis, is something an AI program I don't see doing very efficiently. Great video though, keep em coming!
Aspiring arch here...... And literally feel kinda tired doing arch job. I used to think we can just focus on beau ,but reality hits hard and I keep on worry about safety every damn time :') and not to mention the client imagination difference to reality,like you know.... You can't slap the reality into the client ,like in raw fact ,that their spaces and their imagination isn't fit ,lol .cause its arch job to balance them (by their opinion) .....who else feel this way? Cheers our mental health ,yeah , but still we stay cause.... Fun?.....perhaps
This is a definition based on today (the present) state of tech. the person behind the AI will soon just be the client. tech will cut out the middlemen. but ofcourse it will generate new job prospects as well.
@@kanchisoni123 In the video, AlphaGo the AI literally made a creative move that most people wouldnt have thought about, it literally thought out of the box that showed its ability to be creative in terms of problem solving and thats the heart of architecture. this tech is still in its infancy. there was a time when people said man can never fly like birds. today we have jets and space shuttles. technology is never predictable. and we consistently underestimate it.
There are so many factors to take into account when designing a built environment, not only technical and regulatory but also social, psychological, factors that are often competing or even conflicting with each other. Any AI capable of making the required arbitrages in the process would be smart enough to have a human level understanding of the world and the human culture that it can actually do any job. It is referred to as AGI. Before the jobs of architects are fully taken by AI many others would have been replaced beforehand. By then the world would face much greater challenge than architects unemployment.
It won't happen. Creative control belongs to the client, and they're always changing their minds. I cannot imagine an AI contractor nor an AI architect other than being able to design very fast.
NOthing can beat human creativity, When the only standard of paintings was realism and camera discovered, the whole realism was packed up and Abstract art took place.
As allways, Humans think, that they are the final word in this 15 Billion years old wonder called evolution... You know.. only some thousend years ago, Men wasnt able to even imagine, what abstract counting and numbers could be, because he was missing parts of those brownish stuff we call brain.. But now you beleave, we finaly reached the final stepp on the leadder.. i also am not sure if machine could overcome us.. i dought it because they have to be built on an industrial hightech world that easyly could collaps, when ressources get scarce.. But why shouldnt they finaly at last possibly get as far as we got? Intelligence is like music played on a guitare.. but the same song can sure be played on many instruments.
If we as humans stopped feeding Ai systems , if machines stopped learning from humans , can we also say that machines could completely change architecture's profession future? that it is a combination from synthesizing , intuitions , logical analysis , emotions , and understanding the problems and needs directly from human to human , from human to human community . I mean I think the future is where humans truly know their power and be assertive to use the machine tool as a servant for incredible speed in the field of architectural work and more in construction, and that would be the story that architects would be happy to hear in a sense
It's an interesting but yet simplified topic in my opinion. Being an architect is much more than drawing plans or forming concepts. The skills you have to aquire and develop go much further than these mention in the video. It's true that you spend a lot of time drawing in your early years after your graduation. And I have to admit that I never was that good at drawing or modelling. When I became a architectural project manager a few years ago I completely quit these tasks and I haven't drew a single line in any CAD since. Now I have to deal with municipality representatives, clients, lawyers, engineers, foremen and what not (not to mention the hours i waste in meetings with these people), and have them all pleased so nobody pisses me off. Have to elaborate contracts, proposals, construction schedules and specification sheets. Show me an AI that can do all that. I think AI is or will be a tool like CAD for drawing or 3D printers for modelling. AI will assist you in the early stages of a project, maybe even further. I think too much time is wasted to form a concept and finding a solution for the right building in the right spot (I know it's essential for the design but honestly it's not where money is made). Do you know which I profession I want to see go extinct? - structual engineers! These guys are lazy af! ;)
Structural Engineers are more at risk of loosing their jobs to AI than Architects. You will still need them for in the field investigations of existing buildings and structures, but at some point they will mostly be replaced in my opinion, if things continue as they are.
@@slaveofjesus3878 What will likely happen is that tasks which previously took days to complete will now be finished within hours, creating space for new tasks. This increased efficiency may lead to a heavier workload, and rather being replaced by AI, people might leave their jobs due to work overload.
AI may take up architects or not nobody knows perfectly. Even though how beautifully an AI designs the real architect's designs are PURE & realistic ❤️. Actually my goal is to become an ARCHITECT, I don't care if an AI take over our role the thing is just do ur work 💯 percent .
An AI could create spaces but Architecture isn't all about space its the art of wasting space in an artistic way to evoke feelings ....an AI cant create this
@@ojmusicofficial3757 Yeah... me to i once wanted to become an architect.. and you know.. i studied it.. and studiying was real fun and joy.. But reality out there as an architect.. beleave me is something very different..
Very thought-provoking video. Jobs of 'draftsmen' have already been takenup/ reduced by softwares. Same goes for model makers. Big firms used to have dedicated place for model makers. Now a person adept in 3d software can do the same job. Architecture may change paths but it will NOT be completely written off. But it also means us as practicing architects will need to keep up with the future innovations.
As an experienced 'draftsman' of about twenty years, transitioning to design work in small commercial and single family design, I can say that unless AI reaches a high level of general AI, then there should be a small space for experienced draftsmen in certain markets and jurisdictions. When the real estate market is booming, registered architects often are too busy and too expensive for the smaller job, and they may even outsource work to draftsmen on a job-by-job basis to keep up with client demand.
@@slaveofjesus3878 technology is often not precise enough to work with, it often contains mistkakes, one has to know and work with. It is a handy tool but needs to be managed, otherwise you will get results which are not based on reality
I feel this video wants to be provocative but in reality, it miss every point where the question could be relevant. 1. What are the objective of architecture Saying "Oh look, AI can maximize profit for every site, architects are done" really shows that you don't understand architecture and it's economy. Of course, if you speak about private construction impulsed by promoters, that is their economic model. Congrats, you only spoke about something like 30 to 40% of the market. You have public building, private houses, non-profit based promoters (social housing), those are the 60-70%. On that, the architects isn't suppose to build economic-sufficient building, but long-term architecture which is totally different. 2. For its future, architecture has to stop building new and start to renovate the existing. I didn't know that Ai could go on a site, taking measure and do the whole renovating job. 3. You really think like architecture is a frozen technic when it is in constant evolution. It is quit depressing seeing young architects being stuck in the 90s-00s. I could go on with arguments but really, AI is surely going to transform our job but certainly not in the way you think
The ultimate target of AI in the future will b.... Being able to achieve an authentic 100% organic existence that is capable of committing errors, thus enjoying its full expression of a meaningful existence experiencing a sentimental part apart from the processing part,, in short a 2 sided complex organic computing system.. That can learn indefinitely but also profits from the advantages of forgetting.... Now that's true intelligence, also called wisdom...
I will never "retire" as an artist, just because A.I. exists. That's just laughable! That's like one nation's culture ceasing to exist because the empire that dominated it is so "superior."
I don’t agree with you and if anything I think this video is damaging to young people who may be considering architecture as a profession who could be put off by this video. You have to understand that no AI can ever replace an architect. Architecture is not binary (yes, no / on or off) nor does it have one right answer. There could be many different right answers to an architectural problem. Moreover, architecture is an art, an expression of ideas, emotions, culture, heritage, history, context, materiality, social factors, economical factors, sensitivity and the like which are all key contributors towards an architectural response. Sure, AI can aid us in the work we do as architects like in the case of BIM software but it cannot ever replace a human being in my opinion.
AI certainly will take over many aspects of architecture if not replace the whole profession. Already AI can out render humans even humans relying upon advanced rendering software. The power of AI to create compelling images will be far superior to humans. Certain task like spec writing and code compliance might also be done better by an AI than a human. Creativity and design is a subjective issue and even if an AI comes up with a better solution to a design problem it might not be the preferred solution for a variety of reasons including mere taste of the client.
my father being in the same field shared an anecdote about how, in the 1980's working as a draftsman in a big firm. A colleague was talking about computers being used to draw and print out the drawings required for construction and my dad laughed at him because. this was a time when printers use to jam print out blotted images that were not that clear. "a computer can never compete with the precision of the human hand and the artistic steadiness and creative control, be it line weights, ink flow etc. the computer will plot one big pixel or black blob and then it will all get jammed in the printer considering the size and amount of drawing sheets we will have to feed it. the projects will never finish let alone start on time". I get all the sentimental "pro human creativity" voices in the comments. but if technology has ever taught us anything. Everything comes to pass, transform and become anew. Orville wright (one of the wright brothers) who lived his life hearing "man will never fly like the graceful birds of nature" went onto create the first flying machine and by the time he died in 1948 he saw jets successfully used in wars and commercial planes connecting the world around him. and satelittes being launched. just in his lifetime he saw what was impossible becoming possible before his very own eyes.
Probably the architects will become a kind of administrator and supervisor of construction. It will become pure business with time. This is bizarre by the way becuse the job of the CEO of a AI software developer gonna be beat with time either, data can be more accurate with finding people. Machine operating machine? This is not about architecture, is about the human disappearing in the bussines
Really insightful video! Once I saw a meme of a cameraman on helicopter shooting movie and he is now replaced with drone. So that’s how it is, we have to keep us updated about technology otherwise it will replace us. BIM is introduced long back and now its being used in many architecture projects. Just like that we have to be familiar with Ai now! to give it a human touch or to operate it
i think tht No tht can't happen a machine can't give asthetics to a building our cultural love our taste. it could be creative abt finding solutions but it can't never go above the human creativity and thinking.
AI is to augment the capability of designers but can not replace them and ultimatly if AI replaces architecture then it would be same for Other professionals as well
Lots of people in denial! Hahah I believe it’s inevitable! Once the documentation is complete, but far away like the guy says. Maybe a decade, hope not earlier than that 😅
Things are speeding up faster than even I had predicted. Patrik Schumacher (ZHA) tells me that the ‘Sputnik Moment’ for architecture is already here, having produced some astonishing results with Refik Anadol using DALLE 2. But maybe MidJourney is producing the latest, most shocking results. For my latest updated lecture at IaaC showing ZHA collaborating with Anadol using DALLE 2, see; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dulpPnLYUAY.html
Alphago is still extremely limited and experts do not think that large language models or deep learning will take us anywhere near AGI. Perhaps AGI is not required to do 75% of what an architect does as part of their daily tasks. That last 25% will be much more difficult.
Very interisting. and Yes , if the surrounding parameters doesnt change, this could be the future... of course this is the fourth industrial revolution. But! Computer enthusiasts tend to narrow their expections on their loved topic, just as we all do... so to say... if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.. Computer and the internet are all total dependent subsystem of our economy.. and this economy is nothing more as a subsystem of our Biological and cultural System earth. as our economy growth it tends more and more to be a parasitic subsystem slowly debilitating the öcological functions that garanty our live.. and all the substances of this metabolism get more and more scarce.. its a topic by far to deep to difficult and unpleasant that we could discuss it here.. but even the most advanced ai would crash if cliamatechange or ressource Scarcity kill the economy.. so this will go on developping to even more impressive ai developements.. but finaly it will crash.. no way out
"Very few people have access to this technology. Even if it starts spreading, even if more and more people start using it, its use will be unevenly distributed and may take years to reach your country." I'm amazed at how quickly this statement which was yours, mine and everyone's best guess 8 months ago has been proven so wrong!
I think it is an excellent video. I personally as an Architectural Technician, did not want to think about this topic because these days, youtube bombards us with this same topic in the professional field and it is totally a depressing topic. BUT, after this video and not only with this video, I think there are others out there as well. I understand, now that we need to embrace this technology, as well as the example of the people called in the past COMPUTERS, which in an analogy is ourselves now. Back to the BUT: If we embrace this technology and work WITH it, possibly at the end of the tunnel, we will understand ourselves, as it would be an abbreviation of us in decision making. As I always say: we have to work with it and not try to forget it because one day, it will take our place, and as I don't want that to happen, I want to be by its side to see the big changes that are coming. Anyway, something might happen, a cataclysm that leaves us without electricity and without computers and therefore without A.I. Then who is going to turn on the reset button?.... WE.
This is my first video from your channel, and I have to say it's FANTASTIC. Great work all around. As an architect myself, I'm proud to be subscribing to such a valuable channel.
Tools have always been developed in a way to make our lives more comfortable. We have evolved in pace with those developments...l have no doubt we will continue to do so. The potential of the human mind and intellect..is still limitless. (Expand the boundary of the board to three dimensions...and see what happens to the AI.)
i believe that architect will always remain but their jobs will be to set up all the aestetic rules and to use the AI to make a new idea together. AI cant understand one person as the same for humans so collaboration is the key most of the people don t know what kind of space they want and I dont think ai alone can do the job wher there is no answer to it
Great video🔥,A.I would surpass humans in almost everything and like Elon Musk said "if we want to built a bridge and an ant hill was in our way we wouldn't think twice before destroying it" likewise we human are anthills to A.I progress if we were in its way.
Loved the video. It will be interesting to see what an AI based architecture tool will do with the inspirations of architects. Would it be able to create the Salk Institute or the Fisher House from ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman Architecture? What it generates (creates?) will most likely be unique, but will we miss out on the creation of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban?
I usually nver watch a video past 10 mins to the end , but this ! I stayed focused the last word u said omg this is one of the most interesting , informing videos I've ever watched ! thank you so much ! and as an architecture student I really relate to this topic and afetr watching this vid ( thank u for the positive note in the end lol ) I just wanna learn the Chinese game of Go lol it seems so cool !
no way lol. with the current state of software one line of code in production can lead to 1000's of engineering escalations, no way machines can handle mission critical software, software engineers will die before architects
Well that was sad... Will they in the future refer to a Computor software as "The Architect" But I am still optimistic that Architecture is a Human experience process, there is always going to be a client that is looking for a collabotive experience with a Human Architect (I can't believe I just wrote Human Architect)
Interesting and true but i feel the most integral and intangible aspect of architecture is the emotion and feelings that we instill in architecture, that I expect a computer not to have as we agree to the facts that computers are not designed to be sentimental.
Ai is a Pandora's box and a half, though I think I agree with the idea that large companies will still pay large architecture firms for their style and their touch. The same could be said for the bottom end of the market, in much of domestic architecture there will be people who also want to pay for that personal style and touch. I feel it will be the middle ground where the architect is already neglected that AI will take control, that of the narrow minded building contractor who's mind is only on profit not on producing the best possible outcome. A space in which they want to cut out as many middle people as possible (the architect being one of them). I don't say this loosing hope for the profession, there will always be a place for human touch and as long as we don't become compliant in the grey there will always be place for an architect, artist designer, musician; just human creativity. For what is human creativity if not a reflection of society however good or bad?
I am fan of blessed architecture but this…. I doubt AI could replace architecture, that’s like saying entrepreneurship and entertainment will be replaced by Ai… maybe automated careers like engineering, accounts.. maybe high-breed ways to make architecture work easy and solving problems .. my opinion
AI will not eliminate architects, but rather enable a fewer number of architects to produce what many were needed to accomplish in the past. Machines rely on algorithms. They do not create, they re-create. They take was has been produced and can re-arrange it.
To sum up my emotions- With AI only being created by humans , Every human being have a set of emotions. And even if AI does overpower humans, it could not conquer one thing- Human Emotions. Every Architect and the realtionship with the client and the building is something AI could not comprehend even after years of development. Though it will progress by the hands of humans itself, increasing humanity will always overpower it. In simple words- Till Humans and Architects exist, Emotions and feelings exist- AI can't overpower it. Only it is possible in one way- A single human channeling the complete emotions of all humanity that exists into one single machine which I guess will take time till infinity.
Emotions are the result of an aeon long evolutionary process that filtered out the sucsessful behavioral strategies of millions of tries.. you feel lucky? this means you are sensing an overal situation that in millions of years correspondet to a good situaiton for your future... You feel sad.. comparable.. So emotions are patterns and evolutionary interpretatiions of live- patterns. developed in the evolution for us to survive.. but.. thay stay a pattern.. And finding patterns even patterns in unbeleavable big data amounts is exyctly what AI´s are best at.. So Ai´s potentially are able to be better in this as architects ore humans.. if! first, they get trained the right way with the right datas.. (for example only the winner in architecture), and if.. 2. our economy stays healty. because if not, all hightech will go to hell.. and we got other problems.. and 3. if our ecological sourrounding from climatechang, ressource Scarcity and biodiversity loss doesnt collapse.. which.. the same way would kill high tech... But potentially.. AI will be able produce art and emotional beautiful funcional and also cheap architecture as well as humans and maybe better
but who is to say that everything is about a perfect design...isnt the nature of environment itself about the beauty of imperfections...AI can design a well-planned, efficient, most perfect project..but it can't make errors which requires a sensitivity of being a human..it can't have emotions of breaking the rules for the users convince..its about the "not so perfect" designs we sometimes feel are right for some users..makes it unique..not perfect..but unique..even the greatest architects in our history must have made mistakes in their best works..but it worth existing... because its made by human effort and emotion..it holds more value compared to any perfect design made by a machine..
