90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks

Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by jrowen on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:15PM (#50122158)

Yeah I think they're definitely coming for architecture. A lot of it is just solving for constraints. The more artistic side will still require a human...at first.

You don't even need Autodesk. You can have Claude whip up a web app and build a higher level understanding of the building and then translate it to whatever output or format you desire.

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Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by 0c3ca83 on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:42PM (#50122572)

> The more artistic side will still require a human...at first.

Only if people care enough to pay extra; the majority of the market is for functional buildings that look ok, and unless we decide to value humanity, slop buildings will be cheaper.

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Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by zardo on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:55PM (#50122799)

You would get most of the cost out of design by automating the engineering. Whether the customer prefers a pure AI design or spending .001% of the bulding budget on an architect will be a matter of taste I guess.

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Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by 0c3ca83 on Friday October 16, 2026 @06:57PM (#50125885)

Most buildings make do with little taste.

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Re:90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered we... by jrowen on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:30PM (#50124212)

I think the stakes are higher for a building than most slop. Someone still has to pay for it.

In fact, a lot of stuff is already slop, largely because of the design and engineering expertise required. I don't think one-shotting "design me a house in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright with these specifications" is that far off.

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