Message from the President

JUNE 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Without a doubt, AI inspires passionate responses from our community and its potential to disrupt and enhance our profession. At the 2025 AIA National Convention in Boston, the first keynote speaker, Allie K. Miller described and provided stunning data to describe AI’s pace of change and adoption. I will admit that I am not an early adopter of this technology, but I do enjoy learning about it and speaking with folks in and out of the profession as it touches all our lives. 

At the annual business meeting in Boston, the only new resolution put forth for a vote was the “AIA Artificial Intelligence Policy Resolution” sponsored by the Strategic Council. 

INTENT OF RESOLUTION:

This resolution's intent is to prepare AIA members for the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) by establishing clear policies and promoting responsible adoption of AI technologies. The resolution seeks to investigate the profession’s strategic adoption of AI's potential to foster innovation, enhance design, and increase efficiency – while addressing ethical concerns and safeguarding the profession's integrity and the public's welfare. This resolution calls for a formal establishment of AI Usage Policies, an AI Education & Exchange Platform, an AI Ethical Framework (AI’s Integration into the Code of Ethics), and incorporating AI into the next AIA 5-year Strategic Plan.

It passed overwhelmingly and I was honored to have been part of this important vote. It is critical that our organization takes the time to help define valuable parameters as AI is not only a tool, but it involves many clear and hidden ethical questions that must be addressed. I am optimistic that this committee will produce helpful criteria and documentation for all our benefit.

It is work like this, that makes me so proud to be a leader in the AIA.