A New Trend in Global Urban Policy: The Shift Toward 'AI Cities' Begins
Recently, major cities around the world have been focusing on 'AI (Artificial Intelligence) cities' as a key keyword in urban policy. While 'smart cities' utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensors were once the center of urban development, there is now an active movement to create smarter and more efficient cities by integrating artificial intelligence technology.
AI cities go beyond the functions of existing smart cities. While smart cities focused simply on collecting and connecting data, AI cities use artificial intelligence to analyze the collected data on its own to optimize traffic flow, reduce energy consumption, and manage citizen safety in real time.
This change is expected to have a direct impact on the lives of citizens. For example, it is anticipated that convenience and safety in daily life will be significantly improved, such as through artificial intelligence predicting traffic congestion in advance to adjust traffic lights, or providing immediate guidance on the safest evacuation routes during disaster situations.
Currently, many countries are focusing on developing related technologies and investing in infrastructure to build AI cities. The world's attention is now on how effectively artificial intelligence technology will be applied to urban operations in the future, and how our lives will change as a result.