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Rise of Artificial Intelligence means architects are “doomed”.
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Ninety per cent of architects will lose their jobs as artificial intelligence takes over the design process, according to designer Sebastian Errazuriz.
The New York-based designer made the controversial claim in a series of movies posted on his Instagram account.
“I think it’s important that architects are warned as soon as possible that 90 per cent of their jobs are at risk,” he said.
“It’s almost impossible for you to compete” with algorithms he said, adding: “The thing is you’re not that special.”
“This is today,” Errazuriz wrote. “Now try to imagine what 1,000 times this tech and 10 years will do to the industry.”
Machine learning will soon allow software applications to synthesize vast amounts of architectural knowledge in seconds, he predicted. Architects by contrast take years acquiring the skills and experience needed to design buildings, leaving them unable to compete.
Errazuriz predicted that clients would soon be able to tell an app what kind of building they want, describe the budget, location, size and other preferences and get a range of options in seconds.
