Please fill up the comment section on this one, as I’d really love your thoughts. It looks like I’m going to lead a session on this topic at the Congress for New Urbanism in Charlotte, at the end of May/beginning of June.
I’ve been reading and learning a lot about what’s going on with AI lately, and how transformative the technology seems. I feel like many people are really tuned out on this topic, and have no idea what is coming. That’s understandable, since we all have lives and interests and can’t possibly keep up with everything. But, this seems like a category of - it’s a really big deal. In fact, I see enormous disruptions coming, and sooner than people realize.
But that’s enough about my thoughts.
I have a question for you all.
How do you think AI will impact the world you work in, and similarly, how will it affect life in cities and towns in America?
Please let the comments rip. Those comments that are especially insightful might make it into my presentation at CNU.
Thanks - I’m very interested to hear your thoughts and any early experiences you’re having with this emerging technology.
I have used it twice (with full disclosure to the client) on a couple of items my clients wanted to know about but did not want to pay for a white paper. I used one of the programs, read it, verified any facts I was not familiar with (there may have been one) and sent it on to the client. They were happy and I was happy because I don’t like writing white papers…
Rob
I think in many ways it will be the next iteration of industrial automation. For example, rather than programming manufacturing robots or control systems generally to do repetitive tasks, they are able to take it much further and perform tasks that require contextual decision making. This could manifest in a variety of ways in cities (think traffic light controls maybe). But as has been discussed in many places, this kind of AI for vehicles is not going to be a panacea for all the ills of auto-based transportation. Yes, it will solve some problems, but will likely create just as many new ones; the "unknown unknowns".