Autodesk has just announced the development of a new experimental generative AI design tool called Project Bernini, the latest addition to its Autodesk AI inventory for industry professionals and design students in every field.
Project Bernini can reportedly be used to generate complex and unique functional geometric shapes for 3D modeling via text prompts, 2D images, voxels, and point clouds. The model was trained on a range of over ten million different shapes using research from the Autodesk AI Lab in collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Its potential will become even more considerable once trained on larger professional datasets after the product is made publicly available.
Autodesk says: “If trained on buildings, the models could generate geometrically rigorous creative designs and inspire a new generation of buildings and architects. If trained on video game character models or fantasy environments, they could produce fascinating new creatures or virtual worlds. If trained on car designs, they could assist in imagining an innovative new series of vehicles.”
Project Bernini joins a wave of new AI tools and software being implemented across the AEC industry, including Autodesk's Forma system for generating and analyzing BIM models, which was released last May. The company's recent survey found that 76% of all creative professionals report feeling confident about using some form of artificial intelligence in their daily workflows. The overall market for generative AI is expected to increase to $20.9 billion this year, according to Yahoo Finance.
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the italian ministry of culture should sue the heck out of autodesk for using bernini's name for this crap.
Dear Autodesk,
For f*cks sake, stop trying to automate the creative side and instead develop AI solutions for the tedious documentation and compliance stuff!!
love and kisses, RNMYN
Haha that's the hard and unglamorous part, which don't make the headline AND more importantly, probably has a smaller user base. From an AI developer's point of view, would you create products for small design businesses that probably can't afford expensive software or create products for developers and commercial investors with the pockets to pay for such stuff?
Autodesk is too dumb to make the ultimate developer/investor product: an AI that would take the financial parameters for a particular project and site, reconcile that with applicable zoning and the local construction costs and then draw up the most profitable building. Instead, we get the the thing that makes 3d jugs.
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