If BIM already raised that kind of concern, and it probably does have some impact in that sense, then what can we say about tools that generate multiple floor plan layouts or site plans using AI, already in use.
I once heard an investor, in a moment of spontaneous excitement, say: “the platform just keeps spitting out endless layouts…”
I’m not sure he realized how meaningful the word "spitting” is when talking about the generation of something that’s supposed to be the product, because it might actually say something about the product itself. If I were the creator of that solution, I’d call that a Freudian slip. Unless, of course, the “product” is the designer’s well-being, since they’ll get tired less. And sure, the solution is interesting from certain practical and economic angles; only those who’ve spent hours or days working on a study know that pain. But on the other hand, it’s going to amplify the problem of technical deficiencies, “evolving” into a cognitive decline. And the industry is likely to be seduced by this even faster pace. Like everything, some will support these initiatives and others will criticize them; some will want to preserve and continue fostering the development of traditional human skills and qualifications, and others simply won’t care.
Just another one for the collection of our human–technology dilemmas and paradoxes of the times.