Kalinowski: Current AI models cannot generate true parametric solid CAD models
Caitlin Kalinowski · Why the next AI boom is physical AI | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex-OpenAI, Meta, Apple) · May 17, 2026 · at 55:49
Caitlin Kalinowski, former hardware lead at Apple, Meta, and OpenAI, discusses the current technical limitations of AI tools in mechanical engineering and CAD.
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“Claude can do what is essentially surfaces or point clouds. This is not real CAD. Real CAD is in my world is dense. Like it has shape. It has nerves. Like you have an equation for how, how the surfaces work. And it's an entity that's designed in CAD. It's a solid entity. And so right now we're not quite there with AI doing CAD.”
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