Glossary
The Dictionary.
Terms, frameworks, and acronyms used frequently across the essays and case studies. Defined from a practitioner's perspective.
Agentic AI
An AI system capable of pursuing complex goals with limited direct supervision. Unlike a standard chatbot that just answers prompts, an agentic system can break down a task, execute tools (like searching the web, writing files, or querying APIs), and self-correct based on feedback.
AEC
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction. The industry concerned with the design, building, and maintenance of the built environment.
BIM (Building Information Modeling)
A highly structured, 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.
Computational Design
The application of computational strategies to the design process. Rather than drawing geometry manually, a designer writes algorithms or scripts (often in Rhino/Grasshopper) that generate the geometry based on constraints and parameters.
Fractional CPO
A Chief Product Officer who works with a company on a part-time or fractional basis. This is typically used by early-stage tech startups that need high-level product strategy and technical oversight without the equity dilution of a full-time executive.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
An AI framework that improves the quality of LLM-generated responses by grounding the model on external sources of knowledge (like a company database or document repository) before it generates a response. This prevents hallucinations and anchors answers in proprietary data.
Spatial Computing
Technology that digitizes activities of machines, people, objects, and the environments in which they take place to enable and optimize actions and interactions. In commerce, it relates to moving from 2D photos to immersive, dimensionally accurate 3D experiences.