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Can we hurry and spin up these AIs to make these cookie cutter neighborhoods not just look like the absolute worst? Can we get some house variety going on?
I know it’s to drive down costs to build, but it seems like every new neighborhood that’s being built looks absolutely soulless and dreadful to live in.
As you said, it’s based on building costs. No reason for AI to change this whatsoever
You could maybe use AI to design a bunch of variations on one design with the same or less building cost.
That wouldn’t work because it’s the variation itself that leads to increased cost. It’s just easier and cheaper to build the same thing over and over. You can have superficial changes like having some houses flipped but AI can’t really help there.
There are usually restrictions about what kind of house you’re allowed to build on which neighbourhood. It’s not so much about the money or unability to design cool buidings. You can’t get a permit for a house that’s completely different from all the others.