AI is already influencing architecture.

New technologies ranging from smart speakers to smart thermostats are changing the way architects think about living and workspace.

The result is something new, different, alien, strange, and wonderfully beautiful.

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Faster, Smarter Designs

AI may also help with more prosaic aspects of architecture, experts say.

Instead of designing buildings, architects need rather to design the systems that inform the built environment.

“We have yet to see if such intangibles as beauty can be communicated to an AI.

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The day may soon arrive when AI will be designing your home and office space.

Even stranger, the designs that AI comes up with could be unique in ways we can only imagine.