>Machine learning is never going to replace the "designer" part of that job. Yeah, never. I've designed parts and assemblies with substantial variation options

>Machine learning is never going to replace the "designer" part of that job. Yeah, never. I've designed parts and assemblies with substantial variation options, to the extent that customers can order variations that I did not consider. That was 6 years ago with a then 6 year old CAD tool. A more efficient designer that works at a higher level, with lower level parts details automatically generated does in effect reduce the need for designers. Generative design tools have massive potential for changing the nature of design work, lowering the man-hours involved in complex designs. Most design work is not creative, it's fleshing out the details to make an idea work.