We talk about Artificial Intelligence as being the next great disseminator of information in tomorrow’s world, but we seem to skip the part on how we gather the information. We are seeing web browsers recommending products to purchase, smart cars starting to drive themselves, and autocorrect putting words into our messages that don’t even make sense. The design industry is influenced so much by personal experiences and emotions, that trying to translate that factor into a simple on/off algorithm might appear to be next to impossible.
One of the most controversial topics over the last couple of years among structural engineers, is if they could be replaced or not by machines. Will structural engineers will become scientists or managers instead of practitioners? Is it possible for Structural Eurocodes to be automated or not, given many of their clauses are subjected to interpretation, unlike other construction codes? What will the future of the industry look like and how…