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Robin McCarthy watches the images appear on her screen.

Inside her San Jose architecture studio, she types a short prompt into an artificial intelligence program. Within seconds, it produces polished design concepts and photo-realistic renderings.

“It’s exciting and scary at the same time, because you’re trying to figure out, ‘Is this going...