Artificial Intelligence: Should Designers and Architects Fear It or Love It?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced quickly in recent years and has become a normal feature in many digital aspects of our lives. 谷歌的家, Cortana, and Siri are just a few examples of the AI’s that are connected to our smart home devices, 个人笔记本电脑, 还有智能手机. AI works to make our lives more convenient and efficient which leaves me wondering how could I use AI to make my own work more efficient? 我如何在建筑中应用人工智能，以便更好地完成工作?
首先，让我们看看什么是人工智能.
The English Oxford 生活 Dictionaries defines artificial intelligence as: “the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, 比如视觉感知, 语音识别, 决策, 以及语言间的翻译.基于这个定义, it seems that AI is capable of replacing some of our jobs as it has the ability to mimic the human brain during certain tasks. Some people fear that AI is advancing too quickly and that it will replace designers and architects, 但我不相信这是真的. I believe that architecture is not only about designing a functional building; it is also a form of art. We create art to understand who we are, and to inspire an emotional response. It is hard to imagine that a machine is able to express its emotion and inspire an emotional response.
作为一名建筑师, I would rather see AI as an opportunity – a tool to augment practice and replace mundane tasks – not as a threat to our jobs. Parametric design is one of the dominant areas of architecture that greatly benefits through the use of AI. Parametric design involves solving incredibly complex design problems that would take designer days to complete, 但人工智能可以在很短的时间内帮助解决这些问题. This frees up more time for designers to do what they’re better at: design!
It’s exciting to see that architecture and design firms such as IBI Group have begun to integrate parametric design tools like Grasshopper in their practice. Grasshopper gives the designers the opportunity to resolve design problems through visual programming. It can create holistic and efficient design solution by regulating the relationship between various design requirements and constraints.
Though computational design is just one example of AI in architecture, 它的应用前景广阔. 我相信今天的建筑师不应该害怕人工智能. We should see more opportunity than fear and view AI as a tool to help us to do our job better and more efficiently, 让我们有更多的时间去创造性地思考.
丹尼尔Hsueh is a talented architect with over 20 years of experience working in private practice and in architecture offices in both Canada and Hong Kong. Since January 2011, he has worked as a design architect for IBI Group in Toronto. Daniel’s projects include Sobey’s regional headquarter that won the Mississauga 城市设计 Awards 2016 and 1451 Wellington West, 这是渥太华的一个获奖的多住宅项目. 丹尼尔也是IBI首个LEAD培训项目的一员.
IBI Group’s LEAD program is designed to support employees who have the potential and desire to be future leaders within IBI Group; with the goal of assisting participants to learn about themselves, 提高新技能, 培养领导能力.
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