Context
The problem with generative AI in engineering.
Large language models are fundamentally probabilistic. They predict the next plausible token. In a customer-service chatbot, plausible is acceptable. In a structural engineering workflow touching physical assets worth millions, plausible is not good enough.
Standard LLMs hallucinate geometry. They produce block placements that violate load-bearing constraints. They generate measurements that do not align with ISO standards. They cannot guarantee that a given output satisfies structural integrity rules — because they are not built to do that. They are built to sound convincing.
The engineering industry has a word for this: liability.