Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Neil Leach is an architect and theorist. He teaches at Florida International University, USA, the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Tongji University, China. He has also taught at many other leading schools of architecture, including the Architectural Association, UK and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, USA; he is a member of the European Academy and has been a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow. He has published over 30 books on architecture and digital design, translated into six languages.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface IntroductionAI and ArchitectureBeyond TechnophobiaThe Prosthetic ImaginationCyborg CultureExtended IntelligenceAn Introduction to AIIntended Audience1. What is AI?The Different Forms of AITraining TechniquesAI TribesNeural NetworksBackpropagationConvolutional Neural NetworksDeepDreamGenerative Adversarial NetworksFrom 2D to 3DArchiGANBeyond Representation2. The History of AIAlan TuringThe Birth of AIAI WintersDeep BlueJeopardy!AlphaGoSputnik MomentAI and Visibility3. AI, Art and CreativityA Brief History of AI ArtWho Needs Gauguin?But who is the Author?Rethinking CreativityIn the Mirror of AI4. AI, Media Art and NeuroscienceDreaming MachinesDreaming BuildingsMachine HallucinationsArchitecturalisationsCan Machines Dream?5. AI and ArchitectureCoop Himmelb(l)auMorphosisZaha Hadid ArchitectsAI Fabrication6. The Future of the Architectural OfficeSuperusersAutodesk v the SuperuserDeveloper AISpacemaker AIXKool TechnologySpacemaker v XkoolRe-Designing Design7. AI and the City of the Future iPhone CityThe Information ArchitectThe Informational CityAmbient IntelligenceSwarm IntelligenceThe Self-Regulating CityCity BrainInternet-City-Brain8. The Future of AIKurzweil's PredictionsThe SingularityAGI and BeyondPrediction ErrorsThe Future of IntelligenceArchitectural IntelligenceAI and the Future of ArchitectureNotes Index