Computational Design

Why visual ambiguity is one of the greatest tools for design — George Stiny is Professor of Design and Computation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He joined the Department of Architecture in 1996 after sixteen years on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, and currently heads the PhD program in Design and Computation at MIT…

AI processes information, but how about our minds? We must see the matter at once, at one glance, and not by process of reasoning, at least to a certain degree … Mathematicians wish to treat matters of perception mathematically, and make themselves ridiculous … the mind … does it tacitly…

An Uneasy and not so Convincing Chat with ChatGPT — A couple of years ago, at the end of one of my public lectures somebody asked me: “Will computers ever cry?” Instead of saying “Oh, my…” I had a moment of epiphany and twisted the plot: “Yes, they may, but will you care if they do?” This time, I asked…

How Humans and AI deal with Causality — Having worked with computers and machine intelligence for creative purposes, I constantly find myself in the middle of discussions about AI, ML, and human intelligence. Machines are still behind in showing human-like intelligence and qualities, and it will take quite a bit of time for them to get closer. …

Learnings from an Anthropologist's Depiction of Life as Lines — Letting go of Structures for a Wider Perspective of Life In this article, I will help you re-assess how you portray your life, work, happiness, uneasy moments, and daily activities. Using cues from Tim Ingold’s “Life of Lines,” I will show how acknowledging and embracing loose ends will help you grow toward a happier and healthier future.

What We Think We Know Blinds Our Eyes to Greater Descriptions of Reality — Bohm’s work in this article is a call for a new way of thinking and communicating that can help us to see beyond the limitations of our current understanding of the world, and to open up new possibilities for understanding and interacting with the world. Universe is a Holistic System David Bohm was a theoretical…

Understand why technical skills are not enough — What Skills do I Need to Develop to Become Successful in My Field? One questions that I am frequently asked during the Q&A sessions of my lectures is: What skills do I need to develop to become successful in my field? Because I sit at the intersection of design and computation, when people ask about skills, they usually refer to technical ones. They…

From Style GANs to Diffusion Models — Here is the story of what generating 1074 3D Forms using style GANs taught me three years ago.. and how I stayed on top of things in AI image making… Creativity is about Getting Lost as much as It is about Planning Visual creativity is a matter of coincidence as much as it is a product of planning and experience. Prompt engineers…