Artificial Intelligence and Cities: for better or worse?

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at the two-decade old concept of the Smart City - where data and digital systems help things run more efficiently, like traffic, for example. Could AI make managing cities better? Or is there a risk it will exacerbate and perpetuate problems that already exist? Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

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