AI & The City

AI is the technology that will have the single biggest impact on cities over the next decade. At Urban.Us, we already meet teams using very large datasets to train algorithms to drive cars, water yards efficiently, guide drones to survey construction sites and route first responders to the people who need them most, and others who use bots to provide legal guidance to people with parking fines. These startups are benefiting from an explosion of data generated by human activities and sensors. Ironically, while the flood of data is difficult for people to understand, it's great for teaching machines. Thanks to cheaper storage and processing to train new algorithms, we've seen a surge in AI deep-learning techniques.