Will AI Make Revit Obsolete? with Stjepan Mikulic | BIM Pure Live Clip

This is an excerpt from BIM Pure Live episode 72 with Stjepan Mikulic.

Will AI tools make Revit obsolete?

According to Stjepan, BIM will become the outcome of AEC work, rather than the means of it. Also discussed:

- Experience-based vs outcome-based.
- BIM Implementation: Evergreen model vs Hubn-and-Spoke.
- The emergence of an AI Class.
- AI First vs AI Native.

[jarrydwyatt]

Products like Gemini by Google indicates the potential for larger companies to respond to the AI trend and respond. A well financed Autodesk seems to be thinking on this level (see their website)

I would find it difficult to say that Revit will be obsolete. The practical application within BIM and architectural design tools like Revit involves complex integration challenges, industry acceptance, regulatory compliance, and substantial training and adaptation periods. This comprehensive approach of BIM means outcome driven processes based on data will require signifcant coordination of that data.

AI will always be detached from reality, and until we can 'trust' AI we will always have some form of human interaction, need and oversight. The aforementioned gap is a significant gap that will pose challenges for decades to come, just as the invention of electricity caused concern people (they thought it would kill birds).

If AI is posited as a tool, it can certainly help Revit but not replace it. Its like saying the 'massing' tools as a concept can replace Revit. If AI is posited as something more, then its got a large hurdle to overcome.

[damjancrnkovic]

It seems to me that this guy is full of  standard lines like "You can't do the same thing and expect different results", spreading fear of missing the AI train, and generally full of not-good stuff

[jlucero]

I have heard through the grapevine that Autodesk is planning some big AI changes with Revit 2026.

[amagro]

Do you remember when 3D printing technologies experienced a revival (although they had already existed since the 1980s) and suddenly there was talk of everything being printable, with other manufacturing technologies becoming obsolete?
Also, with Blockchain technologies, hundreds (thousands!) of new companies and apps emerged promising a new "salvation, " and now that's what we see.
With AI, it will likely be the same. It's just another tool, albeit with potentially greater capabilities in this case, but ultimately it won't completely replace anything.
By the way, I'm a power user of these three technologies.

[DD-eqbl]

Do u think 3D Modelling softwares like Rhino will more be likely to be replaced by AI than Revit?