Artificial Intelligence Helpful For Architects, But Lack Of Empathy And Ethics

Ottawa. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many different industries in recent years. It gained a lot of attention and popularity with the launch of ChatGPT, a tool capable of writing poetry, solving equations, and creating articles on various topics. With the rapid implementation of AI in various fields, will it soon replace architects and architecture schools? To answer this question, we need to understand the capabilities of AI and the role of architects and architecture schools. Architectural Education While the topics and research surrounding AI are rapidly evolving, AI lacks some of the qualities and characteristics that architects acquire by studying at an architecture school.

At its core, architects learn to use various skills to combine technical knowledge, art, aesthetics, feelings, and other attributes. Architecture schools train their students to respond to certain design problems with solutions based on their personal experiences, design styles, and other factors. Creativity and innovative solutions are the result of a combination of different skill sets, personal experiences and technical knowledge that future architects develop in architecture schools. Talking about AI, the same process is also present in it. AI is trained on various datasets to come up with solutions. In some cases, such as ChatGPT, it uses this dataset to generate new and innovative solutions.

But AI is limited by its dataset, especially when there is not enough data, or it is too resource-intensive to collect. This clearly shows the main difference between humans and AI. On the contrary, a limited database does not become a hindrance for the learner to acquire knowledge and can leverage his experiences, skills and other attributes with innovative solutions. Improved efficiency AI has different capabilities that can help many different industries including architecture and construction. For example, AI can help architects with architectural programming and layout in buildings. It can provide renders and other types of visualizations. In general, AI can make many different processes, such as schematic design and rendering, more efficient.

Architects can develop customized platforms based on their guiding principles, vision, design styles and other values. However, the aids that result in the final product may disrupt the learning process in schools. Students are expected to learn skills by exploring different design solutions, ideas and philosophies. But students of architecture cannot fully engage in learning if they use aids that hide or eliminate the process. Therefore, architecture schools should carefully study how AI can be integrated with their curriculum to improve the learning process for architecture students.

Lack of true empathy Beyond architecture schools, understanding the importance of the shared values, heritage and cultural qualities of a community or even an individual is essential to the design process for architects. AI may be able to analyze such information, but it cannot truly empathize and understand these different views. Also, decisions made by architects carry responsibilities and liabilities. Students learn about sustainability issues, long-term effects of designs, ecological footprint, and other similar topics. While AI can be given the ability to make decisions, it cannot replace the role of architects in the ethical decision-making process.

Furthermore, architecture involves collaboration between various stakeholders, from clients to interior designers, civil engineers, and other specialists. While AI can engage in dialogue, it lacks the ability to engage in the dynamic interactions that are required to truly understand the intentions and experiences of various stakeholders. Human inevitability AI is still in its early stages and can certainly improve a lot in the years to come. However, for the time being it does not seem likely to replace the essential role of architecture schools and architects as it cannot fully understand cultural values ​​and heritage.

Furthermore, AI cannot draw on personal experiences, feelings, and perceptions of various concepts and designs. In its current state, AI cannot engage in meaningful collaborations where it truly understands the needs of various stakeholders. Furthermore, ethical issues, responsibilities and liabilities need to be addressed before moving on to more advanced stages that may give AI more freedom in the design process. Although AI can greatly improve the efficiency of the design process and improve the learning experience, it is too early to consider it – even as a semi-independent entity – during the architectural design process.

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