Why A.I can’t replace a real life Interior Designer

It’s impossible to ignore, talk of A.I is everywhere and how it’s coming to take all our jobs. It’s only a matter of time apparently, and not much time at that.

It is true that applications such as ChatGBT, Claude and the many others out there ARE able to help us narrow down what’s out there, provide us with imagery and CGIs and point us in the right direction, but there are many MANY things it cannot do:

A.I can’t meet you for the brief take, It can’t have a cup of coffee with you in your home and start to understand your personality, your lifestyle, your habits and emotional needs, along with those of your partner and family.

AI can’t truly feel and experience a space, it can’t take a view on what happens in winter when the light dips behind a tree, what happens in summer when the sun blasts into the baby’s nursery. Only a human designer with real experiences can pick up on nature’s behaviours and life’s subtleties that affect how we live.

AI lacks real time problem solving. On site issues that need immediate attention and judgment calls on the spot. When the builders calls with a problem, can AI phone him back with a creative solution? I don’t think so. Can AI calm an angry decorator down when the wallpaper delivery doesn’t arrive on time? Can it measure for a curtain? Can it drop you round a pile of samples to look through? That’s a big fat no too.

A.I pulls from what already exists, and can’t create original vision in the same way. A designer brings experience, knowledge of current trends, local expertise, taste and experiences in a natural and organic process, with trusted trades people and suppliers at our finger tips. With no real world or local relationships A.I cannot get close to what a real living designer can. Put your trust in a human and not a computer screen.