AI is transforming the entire engineering cycle, collapsing the time it takes to design, test, and manufacture physical products. What begins as a prompt will soon become a physical object, as AI reshapes the engineering input layer and next-generation additive manufacturing unlocks outputs that were previously impossible to build. 

• How far can AI replace the traditional engineering stack, from CAD and simulation to materials and economics?

• What happens when AI starts designing things that only multi-material, multi-axis printing systems can produce?

• Could the UK lead the world in AI and advanced manufacturing and build the first truly adaptive industrial base?