"AI-native CAD" is just old UIs with LLMs inside, like Ford-era "engine-powered horses"
rms80 · x · 2026-10-26
bradrothenberg (RT'd by rms80) criticizes products that merely replicate the UIs of existing CAD systems and brand themselves "AI-native CAD" — comparing it to Henry Ford watching people call cars "engine-powered horses." The real AI-native form should be redesigned from scratch rather than wrapping models in legacy interaction paradigms.
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