2024-12-21T20:51:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150352996/ai-is-both-incredible-and-terrifying-a-conversation-with-neil-leach Niall Patrick Walsh 2023-06-19T11:00:00-04:00 >2024-01-05T13:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d5783500219fc75ceb7d814cb0e76253.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://neilleach.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Neil Leach</a> is a British professor and licensed architect currently based in California. He has worked for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/58983/nasa" target="_blank">NASA</a> developing a 3D printer for the Moon and Mars, and is co-founder of <a href="https://digitalfutures.international/" target="_blank">DigitalFUTURES</a>. Having authored over 40 books on architecture and digital design, and taught at some of the world's leading architecture schools, including the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/298/architectural-association-school-of-architecture-aa" target="_blank">AA</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/sciarc" target="_blank">SCI-Arc</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/columbiagsapp" target="_blank">Columbia</a>, his in-depth understanding of architecture's professional and academic landscapes allows him to speculate how <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150348101/introducing-the-archinect-in-depth-artificial-intelligence-series" target="_blank">artificial intelligence</a> will impact the future of design.</p> <p>For Leach, conversations limited to popular AI tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT detract from a broader reckoning that the architecture profession must have in the face of ever-more-capable AI models and platforms. This AI-induced reckoning includes, though is not limited to, the supply and demand of architectural labor, liabilities, and insurance, and the future of all pillars of the architectural community, be it practice, academia, or licensure...</p>