Eugenio Baeza argues that architecture schools teach outdated methods that ignore AI tools like ChatGPT. He says education must adapt now or become irrelevant, and that AI democratizes learning by making advanced tools accessible to everyone.
This is really it. This is not the future, this is the present. I don't know what universities are going to do, for example. That's something I wonder a lot about. Right? Well, the model is from the 11th century, right? Well, I think that the person who doesn't decide because learning to use artificial intelligence is pointless. Just ask them. Who. Who doesn't decide to use it has a huge handicap. It's not that people are going to lose their jobs. It's that those who learn to use artificial intelligence are going to be far superior to those who don't. Obviously I help them. I'm a counselor at an architecture school in Chihuahua and the owners and the board come there to talk, right? Hey, we want to do this. I say, look, if I were to teach a class of yours, I have a giant television in the meeting room or these screens. No, but it's not one. It has little lines. This I would go and tell them. Look, sit down, Open GPT chat. Let's ask them. Let's tell them. Well, I have a 500 meters plot of land. It has a 2 meters slope. I want to build a 4 bedroom house. I want to make the most of the space. Well, living room, dining room. 15 seconds, six designs. Okay. Hey, I like number three. I want you to give me the water pipes, the lighting. What lighting? Dim for paintings, for whatever you want. Where does the electricity go? Okay, now I want the finishes in a modern Italian style. Go for it. And what do they say? Well, what I tell them is if they don't understand and keep thinking because our mental model says that's how it was and they keep thinking that we have to keep educating these people. And you want to take away their cell phones because they use the artificial intelligence chat to answer you. The only thing I think is that the democratization of education is 100%. The GPT chat knows more than any teacher.
