How AI is Changing Architecture

Instead of hiring an architect, artificial intelligence software may one day be able to design your new home or office. AI is already influencing architecture. New technologies ranging from smart speakers to smart thermostats are changing the way architects think about living and workspace. But the architecture of the future that's designed by AI may be unique, according to the authors of a new paper in the International Journal of Architectural Computing. "The result is something new, different, alien, strange, and wonderfully beautiful--maybe the first genuine 21st-century architecture," Matias del Campo, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, and one of the researchers who carried out the study, said in an email interview.