Geethanjali Raman & Mohik Acharya

Geethanjali Raman is an architect with a Master’s degree in Architectural History from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Currently, she writes and creates content around critical discourses in the built environment and is based in London. Mohik Acharya is a built environment professional, with a Master’s in Urban Design from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi and a Master’s in Urban Planning. He has extensively engaged in academia at CEPT University and Anant National University.

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

It’s here! The 21st-century digital renaissance has just churned out its latest debutante, and its swanky, sensational entrance has sent the world into an awed hysteria. Now sashaying effortlessly into the discipline of architecture, glittering with the promise of being immaculate, revolutionary, and invincible: ChatGPT. OpenAI’s latest chatbot has been received with a frenzied reception that feels all too familiar, almost a déjà vu of sorts. The reason is this: Every time any technological innovation so much as peeks over the horizon of architecture, it is immediately shoved under a blinding spotlight and touted as the “next big thing.” Even before it has been understood, absorbed, or ratified, the idea has already garnered a horde of those who vouch for it, and an even bigger horde of those who don’t. Today, as everyone buckles up to be swept into the deluge of a new breakthrough, we turn an introspective gaze, unpacking where technology has led us, and what more lies in store.

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Geethanjali Raman & Mohik Acharya