NZIA Festival of Architecture Panel: Scope Creep – AI & Optimisation

Architects face another technological transition as AI transforms practice. Documentation—architecture's largest income driver—is now automatable, while entry-level roles where interns develop judgment are shifting fastest.

Convened by Brendan Murphy, this panel moves beyond replacement anxieties to examine reinvention: of the tools architects build with, and of how the next generation trains. The discussion surfaces what's already happening in practice and education, and what it means for architecture's future as adoption accelerates.