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BIM, IM, and the Real Challenge of ISO 19650
The upcoming ISO 19650 revision might introduce conceptual shifts such as BIM becoming IM. But in practice, terminology matters less than contracts, adoption cycles, and the realities of industry implementation.
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An army without soldiers: The Illusion of the AI Employee
AI doesn’t eliminate the need for institutional knowledge. Replacing juniors with automation may boost short-term efficiency, but it destroys redundancy, weakens expertise, and risks long-term systemic collapse.
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What we have is a money problem
AI isn’t the root of the coming crisis. It’s an accelerant in a system already strained by middle-class decline and extreme wealth concentration. What we have isn’t a tech problem—it’s a money problem.
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The User Is Still the Vulnerability
Agentic AI promises convenience but amplifies human vulnerability. As tech gains deeper access to our devices, the real risk isn’t the tools — it’s uninformed users handing over control.
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Subscriptions- and the Erosion of Design Practice
Some players in the software industry are killing their own market by pushing extreme subscription models and automation at the cost of the very professionals who fuel its value: architects and designers. In this reflection, I explore how current workflows, rising licensing costs, and shrinking profit margins are choking the traditional development pipeline of new…
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Illusions of privacy and ethics on AI
This week I took a closer look at Gemini—less for its performance as a language model and more to revisit the conversation around AI, ethics, and privacy. What unfolded was a chilling reminder of how easily we accept surveillance in exchange for convenience—and how quickly corporations preach ethics while enabling questionable practices. As AI systems…
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Architecture’s Skills Gap: Rethinking the Path to Practice
The architectural profession is facing a serious mismatch between the skills it needs and the ones it’s teaching. As software subscriptions and regulatory demands rise, design professionals are squeezed between outdated educational models and expanding technical responsibilities. In this post, I reflect on how the profession—and education—must evolve, and why a hands-on, tech-aware approach is…
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Synergies Over Substitutes: Why AI Still Needs Us
As the buzz around AI chatbots fades, a new wave of “agents” is gaining traction—quietly, and with surprisingly little scrutiny. Touted as digital assistants capable of handling complex tasks, these tools come with security risks, hidden liabilities, and a dangerous temptation: replacing human judgment with unchecked automation. From the quiet rollout of ChatGPT 5 to…
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