Nicholas Childs of Autodesk joined Greg on The Built to Suit Podcast to discuss the future of the built environment, focusing on Digital Twins, AI, and automation. Childs emphasized that successful technology implementation, like Digital Twins, must begin with the end goal in mind. He stressed the necessity of cleaning up data and establishing automation as foundational steps before effectively leveraging AI. The conversation explored the difference between deterministic AI for engineering precision and probabilistic AI for creative ideation. Childs predicted that the future lies in “outcome-based BIM,” where users describe desired results rather than individual commands. He also argued that smaller, more agile companies are better positioned to innovate and disrupt the industry than larger, more bureaucratic firms, and advised all companies to slow down to optimize their processes in order to ultimately go faster