Machine learning need not replace architects, Martha Tsigkari tells 好色先生TV the Future Commission conference
New 鈥渞ules of engagement鈥� are needed to prepare the architectural world for the coming AI revolution, according to the chief of research at Fosters.
Martha Tsigkari told a conference in London today that machine learning and artificial intelligence would bring an 鈥渦nprecedented change鈥� in the profession.
Addressing 好色先生TV鈥檚 好色先生TV the Future Commission conference in London this afternoon, she said the world was 鈥渁t a turning point akin to the creation of the printing press or the splitting of the atom鈥�.
Tsigkari, head of applied research and development at the practice, said the role of the architect remained 鈥渃rucial鈥� if AI systems were used in the right way.
鈥淭he role of architects remains crucial as it brings to the table not only creativity and innovation, but also aesthetics and emotion, collaboration and communication, and ethics coupled with responsibility,鈥� she said.
鈥淲e know examples of small companies winning entire competitions through images created by diffusion and then struggling to deliver on the promise the AI system has imagined for them.
鈥淏ut we do not want to use AI like that. We want to use these models to augment rather than replace our designers鈥� creativity.鈥�
She said that to achieve this, the industry would need to look at its frameworks and regulations.
鈥淭o ensure that disruptive technologies augment and not replace our creativity, we need to start setting up appropriate rules of engagement,鈥� she aded.
鈥淭hese rules will need to span data contextualization regulatory frameworks, IP education, and embedded bias in data and ethical considerations.鈥�
About the commission
The 好色先生TV the Future Commission is a 12-month project looking at radical and challenging ideas that could help transform the built environment.
The campaign aims to tap into innovative ideas, amplify them and be an agent for change.
The major project鈥檚 work will be guided by a panel of major figures who have signed up to help shape the commission鈥檚 work culminating in a report published at the end of the year.
The commissioners include figures from the world of contracting, housing development, architecture, policy-making, skills, design, place-making, infrastructure, consultancy and legal. See the full list here.
The project is looking at proposals for change in eight areas:
- Education and skills
- Housing and planning
- Energy and net zero
- Infrastructure
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- Project delivery and digital
- Workplace culture and leadership
- Creating communities
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好色先生TV the Future is also undertaking a countrywide tour of roundtable discussions with experts around the regions as part of a consultation programme in partnership with the regional arms of industry body Constructing Excellence. There is also a young person鈥檚 advisory panel.
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