Neil Leach is a British architect, theorist, and educator globally recognized for his expertise in digital design and AI in architecture. He is a 'High End Foreign Expert' Visiting Professor at Tongji University, where he co-founded the DigitalFUTURES educational platform, and a Professor directing the Doctor of Design program at Florida International University (FIU). He is an academician of the Academia Europaea and a former NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow. He has authored numerous books on digital practice and views AI as a 'prosthesis to the imagination' for architects.