Seminar on AI: Alien Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence? Will AI Wipe Out Architects?
The Architecture Department, MIST, organized a seminar on “AI: Alien Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence? Will AI Wipe Out Architects?” on January 9, 2025. The keynote speaker was Ashik Vaskor Mannan, Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at AIUB and Principal Architect at Studio XI Architects.
All students and faculty members of the Architecture Department attended the event. The keynote speaker focused on:
- The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in architecture and other forms of art
- Fundamentals of AI
- The role of neural networks
- Examples of AI-generated designs from around the world
During the Q&A session, students and faculty members asked numerous questions and received feedback from the speaker.