Definition, Application and Influence of Arti Ficial Intelligence on Design Industries

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence significantly promotes humans' production efficiency and facilitates our daily life. Meanwhile, the climate of people's employment is also under great impact. Through a group interview with six scholars and designers from the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture Frontiers attempts to provoke public attention on the challenges and opportunities (would be) brought by Artificial Intelligence by asking three questions: What is Artificial Intelligence? How would it influence designers' working process and final results? And, what lifestyles would we have in the future under the influence of Artificial Intelligence? Most interviewees agree that, though Artificial Intelligence has largely helped us lessen workload on repetitive or routine tasks, nowadays it can neither be intelligent enough to have selfconsciousness or perform creative jobs, nor offer ethical solutions or value judgments, because it is operated under weighted computing which is programmed by the majority rule. However, all the interviewees believe that Artificial Intelligence will make a big change on people's future lifestyles, far beyond our imagination.

Understanding the Role of Architect in the Artificial Intelligence Era - “An Approach to AIA in Egypt”

“…The objective one can be evaluated by a computer as there are strict laws of mechanics, but the subjective experience judgement needs human intervention first. The results can be added to an AI machine then a database of many evaluations can be built and later, by applying AI algorithms can create an AI judging tool [12]. Consequently, designers should accept that there are significant differences between the previous digital techniques and these new AI methods implemented in Architecture.…”

“…AI learns from data inputs so any inaccuracies in the data will be reflected in the results. AI can do a well-defined task, for example a system that plays Solitaire cannot play Chess [12]. Therefore, AI can help human to recognize the World quickly and predict the probabilities on this base, but it still cannot create an innovative thinking regarding Architecture field [2].…”