Two renderings created with the help of DALL-E, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that generates images based on text prompts.
TEXT AND IMAGES Sami Kazemi
To say that I created the above images may not be entirely accurate. Perhaps it?s more appropriate to say that I commissioned and oversaw their production. These images were created with the help of DALL-E, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can create entirely unique, well-composed images based on nothing more than text prompts. The text prompts can be conceptual and vague, giving the AI creative liberties, or literal and precise, if more intentionality is desired. This leaves the human in the role of the curator or art director, able to enhance and refine the images through iterations and further text prompts.   It is easy to see how this tool can disrupt the professions of illustration, graphic design, digital art, and art direction. Not because AI tools are speeding productivity to a degree that doesn?t require as many humans to do the production work, but rather because AI tools are now able to enhance the creative ideation process to a degree that doesn?t require as many humans (if any) to come up with the creative idea.
But what about our profession" Throughout my architectural career, I?ve noticed a pattern related to our perception of new technologies, whether it was CAD, 3D visualizations, BIM, or parametric design. There was always the initial brief concern of how new technology was going...