I think comparing Architecture to Industrial Design is like comparing apples to oranges. We use many of the same tools and techniques, but for very different reasons. At this point in time we may be 5 years behind in accepting these tools, but if you consider that Architecture is an ancient established profession and that Industrial Design (design for mass product if you want to call it) has been around less than 150 years i’d say that ID has a vastly accelerated time line than architecture. We also follow different constraints, if I wanted to design a one-off sofa using generative design tools more power to me, if I want to use them for mass production then the scheme gets much more complicated. I think you miss the point, generative design tools are more advanced than the means manufacturing has to produce many of it’s outcomes.
How come architects haven’t embraced mass production to built homes?
Does a house painter and a portraitist use paintbrushes to reach the same end?