Op-ed Calls for Architects to Embrace AI

A Reuters op-ed by Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, calls for architects to embrace generative artificial intelligence (AI), abandon individual perspectives, and work together to overcome climate change. Melis explains that while some architects see AI as an existential threat, it could be our best tool yet for exploring radical ideas that help society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

“Architects, and those of us who teach future architects, have a major role to play in saving our environment. With the help of AI, we can design, construct, and maintain structures that emit little or no carbon and also protect us from what’s ahead. Sacrificing claims to authorship to fulfill our duties to the planet is a small price to pay,” Melis writes.