RESEARCH · RESEARCH · #918
MIT researchers publish book 'How AI Sees the City' on visual AI for urban studies
Researchers at the MIT Senseable City Lab have published How AI Sees the City (Routledge), a book that surveys methods, applications, benefits and risks of visual AI for urban studies — from identifying vehicle types and estimating emissions from traffic cameras to measuring greenery and public-space use — and highlights privacy and fairness concerns. The book's authors include Fábio Duarte, Martina Mazzarello, Carlo Ratti and Fan Zhang and place visual AI in a historical continuum of urban visual analysis.
KEY POINTS
- Researchers at the MIT Senseable City Lab have published How AI Sees the City (Routledge), a book that surveys methods, applications, benefits and risks of visual AI for urban studies — from identifying vehicle types and estimating emissions from traffic cameras to measuring greenery and public-space use — and highlights privacy and fairness concerns.
- The book's authors include Fábio Duarte, Martina Mazzarello, Carlo Ratti and Fan Zhang and place visual AI in a historical continuum of urban visual analysis.
- Visual AI can observe cities at unprecedented scale and detail, offering new tools for planning while raising tangible privacy and equity issues.
WHY IT MATTERS
Visual AI can observe cities at unprecedented scale and detail, offering new tools for planning while raising tangible privacy and equity issues.