John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, laureates of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, were recognized for their pioneering work in machine learning using artificial neural networks. The surprising decision (it’s uncommon for the Nobel Prize in Physics to be awarded for achievements in the field of information technology) clearly illustrates our relationship to the development of AI in general: we don’t know how to classify it, we don’t know what to think about it, but we can’t ignore it.
In this issue of ERA21, it is not our ambition to clarify once and for all the role of AI in architecture. The texts presented here are scattered pieces, they don’t fit neatly into one puzzle. But, what we do offer in this issue are different perspectives on the changes happening in architecture and the world around us. We interview theorists and developers, showcase architects and artists, and translate critical texts by renowned philosophers and environmentalists. It’s still too soon to go looking for trends or tendencies, but if we've learned anything from the past, we might expect to first see these new technological tools tamed for use in the current way we build architecture, then the way we build will change to exploit the new tool’s potential. After all, the first automobiles looked like horse-drawn carriages, too.
But let’s return to our Nobel laureates. Geoffrey Hinton says the AI revolution will result in a societal change comparable to that of the industrial revolution. Is that just his excessive, but understandable, excitement speaking, like when a parent sees their offspring succeed, or is he foretelling the future? Either way, the AI revolution, as musician Gil Scott-Heron put it, will not be televised. It will be successful, because it will be ubiquitous.
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