AI is having its watershed moment globally right now with the meteoric rise of ChatGPT grabbing the most attention. AI has integrated itself into our daily lives and as it grows our cities will need to harness its strengths and avoid its pitfalls. What might those be? What stuck points do we see in our urban systems that can be merged with AI capabilities to produce a flourishing city? What infrastructure, processes and data are we missing critical to supporting widespread AI-enablement? Where is the boundary between artificial and human intelligence led?

Join us as we have an open conversation around AI and how we can leverage this frontier technology towards better cities.

According to a report by McKinsey Global Institute, AI has the potential to generate $13 trillion of additional global economic activity by 2030

Featured Contributors

• Ruchi Pandey, Fuse Machines
• Yachana Aryal, TAI Inc
• Aishwarya Gurung, AI Safety Fundamentals

Questions

• What is a human or problem-led application of AI that you’ve a seen? What can we learn from it?
• How might AI benefit our city’s operating system (OS), especially when it comes to access to essential services and information?
• Where can we see AI being used to tackle problems at varying micro (community) levels? (YA)
• Where do we see early-stage innovators using AI to build solutions in cities and gaining access to hidden users? (AG)

Schedule

• Discussion 4 - 5 pm
• Networking 5 - 5:30 pm

Resources

First cities governed by AI

AI in education sector - NEF

Event Summary

CITYLAB Urbantech Series (Presentation).pdf

AI x Emergent Cities Audience Survey.pdf