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DESCRIPTION:Nowadays\, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and 
 the development of new cities are rapidly intersecting. In this talk\, we 
 will discuss this intersection\, using an urban megaproject called Neom\, 
 currently under development in Saudi Arabia\, as our case study. First\, w
 e will focus on how and why urban spaces are becoming a site of AI experim
 entation through the genesis of new cities. Second\, we will pay attention
  to the dynamics whereby AI experiments are taking place in new cities. Th
 ird\, we will question the extent to which sustainability is actually purs
 ued by the developers of both new cities and new AIs. Overall\, we will ob
 serve how fantasies about AI land in ex novo urban projects and how\, upon
  landing\, they evolve into new fantasies\, including visions of sustainab
 le cities operated by fully autonomous AIs and populated by sentient robot
 s possessing citizenship. These are dangerous fantasies that risk realizin
 g the dreams of power-hungry individuals\, to the detriment of social and 
 environmental sustainability\, and we need to be careful about how they ar
 e shaping the future of our cities.\n
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LOCATION:Room 426\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:New AI Cities: The Case of Neom (Federico Cugurullo\, Trinity Colle
 ge Dublin)
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/geography/channels/event/new-ai-cities-case-neom-
 federico-cugurullo-trinity-college-dublin-366878
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