MIT book "How AI Sees the City" weighs visual AI's urban insights against surveillance and bias
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-24
MIT News covers a new book, How AI Sees the City, by the leaders of MIT's Senseable City Lab, examining the implications of visual AI for studying urban life. The authors outline both the potential—scaling city insights from emissions to pedestrian flows—and serious problems, including the intrusiveness of widespread visual surveillance and the risk of AI systems reinforcing bias, calling for careful governance and bias checks to ensure fair, transparent use.
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