Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence (Architectural Design)

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AI is already part of our lives even though we might not realise it. It is in our phones, filtering spam, identifying Facebook friends, and classifying our images on Instagram. It is in our homes in the form of Siri, Alexa and other AI assistants. It is in our cars and our planes. AI is literally everywhere. Artworks generated by AI have won international prizes, and have been sold at auction. But what does AI mean for the world of design? This issue of AD explores the nature of AI, and considers its potential for architecture. But this is no idle speculation. Architects have already started using AI for architectural design and fabrication. Yet – astonishingly – there has been almost no debate about AI within the discipline of architecture so far. Surely, nothing can be more important for the profession of architecture right now. The issue looks at all aspects of AI: its potential to assist architects in designing buildings so that it becomes a form of ‘augmented intelligence’; its capacity to design buildings on its own; and whether AI might open up an extraordinary new chapter in architectural design. Contributors: Refik Anadol; Daniel Bolojan; Alexa Carlson; Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick; Gabriel Esquivel, Jean Jaminet and Shane Bugni; Behnaz Farahi; Theodoros Galanos and Angelos Chronis; Eduard Haiman; Wanyu He; Damjan Jovanovic and Lidija Kljakovic; Immanuel Koh; Maria Kuptsova; Sandra Manninger; Lev Manovich; Achim Menges and Thomas Wortmann; Wolf dPrix, Karolin Schmidbaur and Efilena Baseta; M Casey Rehm; and Hao Zheng and Masoud Akbarzadeh. Featured architects: Alisa Andrasek, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Lifeforms.io, Nonstandardstudio,SPAN, Kyle Steinfeld, Studio Kinch and Xkool Technology. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents About the Guest-Editors Introduction: Can Machines Hallucinate Architecture? AI as Design Method What is AI? How Does AI Hallucinate Images? The Future of AI Learning Machines and Human Ingenuity Notes The Legacy Sketch Machine: From Artifi cial to Architectural Intelligence Coop Himmelb(l)au Universe The Open Process Augmentation Versus Automation Interconnected AI Processes A Novel AI Universe Notes Creative AI: Augmenting Design Potency FROM EXPERT SYSTEMS TO LEARNING SYSTEMS MACHINE PERCEPTION MACHINE CREATIVITY AGENCY OF DESIGN NOTES Space in the Mind: of a Machine Immersive Narratives Machine Hallucinations From Latent Being to Latent Cinema Architecture as Narrative Notes Strange, But Familiar Enough: The Design Ecology of Neural Architecture Defamiliarisation Machines Hallucinating Architecture Language as a Design Driver GraphCNN as a Design Method Notes When Robots Dream: In Conversation with Alexandra Carlson Are Neural Networks Creative? Complex Biology and Simple Machines From Analysis to Design Generation Notes Augmenting Digital Nature: Generative Art as a Constructive Feedback Loop Digitised Boundaries of Imagination The Mundane = Obsolete AI as an Augmentation of the Mind Notes AI and Myths of Creativity Art as the Embodiment of Creativity Art and Realism Creativity and Global Economy Dissociating AI and Creativity Concepts Notes Architectural Hallucinations: What Can AI Tell Us About the Mind of an Architect? Predictive Perception Architecturalisations In the Mirror of AI Notes AI-Controlled Robot Masks: Resisting Patriarchal Oppression Masking Meaning Mask Design Unmasking Emotions Notes Assembled Worlds: New Campo Marzio – Piranesi in the Age of AI The City and its Characters New Rules of Engagement Notes Architectural Plasticity: The Aesthetics of Neural Sampling Dreaming Neural Plasticity Sampling Architectural Plasticity Towards an Architectural Plasticity Notes Synthesising Artificial Intelligence and Physical Performance Virtual Design/Builder Agents for Complex Building Systems Physical Design/Builder Agents for Distributed Robotic Construction Physical Design/Builder Agents for Building with Natural Heterogeneous Materials Towards a Novel Material Culture in Architecture Notes Sequential Masterplanning: Using Urban-GANs GANs in Urban Planning Structured Elements Identification Masterplan Generation in Sequences Towards Public Participation Note Time for Change – The InFraRed Revolution: How AI-driven Tools can Reinvent Design for Everyone Time and Design Practice The Intersection Between AI and Design A Step Forward: From Design Tools to Design Intelligence Notes Cyborganic Living SYNTHETIC FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE INTO DESIGN PROTOCOLS Notes Unleashing New Creativities Notes Endlessskyscraper Seamless and Continuous Field Architecture The Aesthetics of Blended Perception Notes The Serlio Code Serlio Encoded Notes Cloud Pergola Dream Estate Grafting Minds Notes The Dragonfly Wing Project Deciphering Nature Trained by Nature Notes Artificial Relief From Another Perspective: Architectural Intelligence Colloquy of Mobiles Redux A Machinic Cocktail Party The Artificiality of AI Note Contributors What is Architectural Design? 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