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Speculative Design
Using hypothetical scenarios to examine future institutions and values.
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01Can AI Suffer? Gedomaru’s Broken Memories and an Image That Turned the Question Back on MeAn AI-welfare debate brought me back to a scene in Neo Babylon’s second volume. I spent two weeks writing it, yet its imagery remained hazy until AI illustrated it. Did my words work, or did the model understand?Oct 16, 20265 min read02Architecture 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 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 read04AI Worms and The Incense: What Outlives the Creator?Anthropic’s AI replication research recalls The Incense in M.K.’s Neo Babylon. Why should a mission outlive its creators, and can preserving human civilization respect the choices of later minds?Oct 15, 20267 min read05How Can Science Fiction Reveal AI Ethics' Hidden Costs?An imagined world can expose a choice's consequences without proving a prediction. M.K. examines assumptions, counterexamples and competing viewpoints as tools for disciplined ethical thought experiments.Oct 14, 20266 min read06From 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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