How Generative AI Will Change Design Work — and the Timeline Manufacturers Should Prepare For
Resources
The full 15-page deck from a talk given to the Kansai Engineering Administration Committee. Generative AI has already reached the very top tier of competitive programming, and CAD and engineering drawings are the next frontier. Drawing on a front-row view of 3D × AI research and of the automation that actually happened in the software industry, this deck sets out when design work will change and what manufacturers and designers should be preparing today.
Who this is for
- Design and design-management teams who need to understand how generative AI affects design work
- Manufacturers considering how to bring AI into CAD and drawing workflows
- Anyone who has to explain to executives or shop-floor teams how AI will change design
- Organisations struggling to document and hand down design know-how
What you will learn
- Real examples of the work automation that has already happened in the software industry, and why the progress will not stop
- Why AI has struggled with CAD and drawings, and what is finally opening the door
- Three years to go: what you can do now, and what changes in two, three and five years
- The two structural weaknesses of generative AI, and where people remain essential
- Preparations that companies and individuals can start tomorrow, including habits that cost nothing