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Edge Conditions

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Encoding Architectural Knowledge
New Research from Biomedical Sciences Points to a More AI-Savvy Way to Organize Architectural Knowledge
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Eric Cesal
Convergent Intelligence in Architecture
Towards a Model of Constructability in AI
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Eric Cesal
Doing the Right Things, More Rightly
Robot Bloodhounds, Vampire Drones, and AI's Humanitarian Potential
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Eric Cesal
An Architect, An A.I. and a Priest Walk Into a Bar . . .
A Surprising Take on A.I. from the Vatican
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Eric Cesal
The Terminal of Truth & Other A.I. Heresies
The True Story of How An A.I. Went Crazy, Created Its Own Religion, Found itself a Billionaire Funder, Shilled Its Own Bitcoin, And Became An Overnight…
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Eric Cesal
An Intuition About Simulation
How the Use of A.I. Agents Could Transform the Temporality of Design
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Eric Cesal
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, REAL MISERY
How Fields of Research Science Are Already Answering The Questions Architecture Should Be Asking.
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Eric Cesal
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