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Future Cities
How cities respond to technological, climatic and social change.
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01Architecture in Future Cities: How Can Spaces Adapt as Life Changes?As households, work, populations and climate change, buildings need room to adapt. M.K. considers repair, changing uses and whether smart systems weaken residents' control over their homes.Oct 15, 20265 min read02Life in the Future City: When Work Is No Longer the CentreVisions of future cities often show towers, transport and automation, but little everyday life. If AI takes on more work, cities still need to support relationships, learning, care, creativity and life beyond consumption.Oct 15, 20265 min read03Future Cities and Nature: From Reducing Harm to Ecological RestorationSustainability often begins with doing less harm. Can cities go further by restoring land, waterways and habitats, building climate resilience and designing for other species?Oct 15, 20265 min read04Who Lives in the Future City? When Humans Are No Longer AloneAI agents, robots, autonomous vehicles, digital counterparts and other species may all act within a city. What does that mean for residency, responsibility and people who cannot or choose not to go digital?Oct 15, 20265 min read05Future City Transport: Can We Reduce the Need to Travel?Future transport must address more than speed and congestion. M.K. considers how transit, freight, automation and mobility privacy could give residents more time and choice.Oct 15, 20265 min read06Will Robotaxis Reduce Traffic? Follow the Empty MilesA driverless car may improve dispatch without freeing road space. Ride-hail evidence, empty mileage, occupancy and transit substitution show what cities need to measure.Oct 13, 20266 min read07When Computer Vision Starts Understanding Events, Not Just ObjectsComputer vision is moving beyond object detection toward streaming video, event understanding and distributed edge inference. The harder question is who defines what counts as an event and what the system is allowed to do next.Aug 19, 202612 min read08What Is Physical AI? Why the Next Wave of AI Will Leave the ScreenGenerative AI transformed how we create and process information. Physical AI goes further: machines begin to perceive, reason and act in the real world, where latency, safety, hardware and failure suddenly matter much more.Aug 15, 202610 min read09From Garden Cities to AI Civilization: Why Future Cities Continue to Interest MeFrom Garden Cities and eyes on the street to climate resilience and AI governance, this essay traces the urban ideas that inform Neo Babylon.Jul 21, 202610 min read
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