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Design Culture for Urban Artificial intelligence. Technology, Ethics and Sustainability in the age of AI Urbanism
No full textL'obiettivo di questa tesi è esplorare le fonti concettuali e le implicazioni urbane dell'applicazione urbana dell'intelligenza artificiale (AI). Il termine AI urbanism si riferisce a un nuovo paradigma urbano che sta emergendo come risultato dell'applicazione sempre più diffusa dei sistemi di IA nel tessuto urbano: robot, AV e agenti software stanno diventando parte dell'esperienza urbana di milioni di cittadini. Per indagare questo fenomeno, questa tesi utilizza un approccio interdisciplinare, basato principalmente sul rapporto tra filosofia della tecnologia e studi urbani, in grado di prendere in considerazione la complessità socio-tecnica e ambientale dell'urbanistica dell'IA. Questa indagine si sviluppa in cinque capitoli, dedicati rispettivamente alla mappatura delle fonti concettuali dell'urbanistica dell'IA, all'esplorazione del rapporto tra cibernetica e design nell'urbanistica tecnologicamente guidata, alla possibilità di un uso etico dell'IA urbana, alla potenziale sostenibilità di questo nuovo paradigma urbano e all'urban digital twin (UDT) come strumento cruciale in questo nuovo contesto socio-tecnico.
Il primo capitolo è dedicato all'analisi di tre fonti concettuali dell' AI urbanism (“Urbanistica moderna”, “Cibernetica” e “Smart urbanism”) e all'esplorazione delle loro implicazioni spaziali. L'obiettivo è dimostrare come la comprensione delle prime possa influenzare il modo in cui vengono affrontate le seconde.
Il secondo capitolo affronta la cibernetica come fonte concettuale dell'AI urbanistica ed esplora le possibilità interne di un approccio quantitativo alla progettazione attraverso un'analisi storica della modellazione urbana e della tecnologia dell'architettura. L'obiettivo è rivelare come la scienza della città sia una disciplina ricca di possibilità alternative.
Il terzo capitolo riguarda il rapporto tra etica dell'IA ed etica urbana. Queste due discipline, inerenti alla filosofia della tecnologia e agli studi urbani, vengono avvicinate mostrando le possibilità di un dialogo proficuo. L'obiettivo è capire come un approccio etico possa essere espresso nella progettazione dell'intelligenza artificiale urbana.
Il quarto capitolo si concentra sulla connessione tra IA urbana e sostenibilità ambientale. L'obiettivo è quello di criticare l'approccio attuale a questa relazione attraverso un approccio interdisciplinare basato sulla filosofia di Bruno Latour. Partendo da questa critica, il capitolo riflette su un progetto alternativo e sostenibile per l'IA urbana a partire da una cultura progettuale diversa.
L'ultimo capitolo è dedicato al gemello digitale urbano (UDT) come strumento fondamentale dell'urbanistica dell'IA. L'UDT viene esplorato a partire dalle sue fonti concettuali e poi situato nel rapporto problematico tra urbanistica intelligente e AI. Questo capitolo include anche un caso di studio, ovvero il gemello digitale di Bologna. Questo progetto viene esaminato come possibile modello per un rapporto alternativo tra tecnologia e spazio urbano nell'era dell'IA.
Nel complesso, questa tesi è dedicata a riflettere sulla cultura progettuale che sta alla base dell'applicazione dell'AI Urbanism. Una cultura composta da fonti concettuali e ispirazioni teoriche che generano conseguenze evidenti e sostanziali nella pratica progettuale. Il primo obiettivo di questa tesi è quindi quello di evidenziare questa dimensione, per sua natura interdisciplinare, come cruciale per il campo dell'AI urbanistica. Inoltre, i vari capitoli propongono linguaggi interdisciplinari in grado di affrontare questioni specifiche legate a questo paradigma urbano. Certamente, questa tesi non pretende di aver risolto questi problemi. Tuttavia, l'idea è quella di aver identificato questioni molto rilevanti e di aver avviato la definizione di linguaggi e metodi che possono essere implementati per affrontarle.The aim of this dissertation is to explore the conceptual sources and urban implications of the urban application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The term AI urbanism refers to a new urban paradigm that is emerging as a result of the increasingly widespread application of AI systems in the urban fabric: robots, AVs and software agents are becoming part of the urban experience of millions of citizens. In order to investigate this phenomenon, this thesis uses an interdisciplinary approach, based mainly on the relationship between philosophy of technology and urban studies, which can take into account the socio-technical and environmental complexity of AI urbanism. This investigation is developed in five chapters, respectively dedicated to mapping the conceptual sources of AI urbanism, exploring the relationship between cybernetics and design in technologically driven urbanism, the possibility of an ethical use of urban AI, the potential sustainability of this new urban paradigm, and the urban digital twin (UDT) as a crucial tool in this new socio-technical context.
The first chapter is devoted to analysing three conceptual sources of AI urbanism (Modern Urbanism, Cybernetics and Smart urbanism) and exploring their spatial implications. The aim is to demonstrate how an understanding of the former can influence the way in which the latter is approached.
The second chapter deals with cybernetics as a conceptual source of AI urbanism and explores the internal possibilities of a quantitative approach to design through a historical analysis of urban modelling (US and UK based) and architectural technology (Italy). The aim is to reveal how the science of the city is a discipline rich in alternative possibilities.
The third chapter regards the relationship between AI ethics and urban ethics. These two disciplines, inherent in the philosophy of technology and urban studies, are brought together by showing the possibilities of a fruitful dialogue. The aim is to understand how an ethical approach can be expressed in the design of urban artificial intelligence.
The fourth chapter focuses on the connection between urban AI and environmental sustainability. The objective is to critique the current approach to this relationship through an interdisciplinary approach based on the philosophy of Bruno Latour. Building on this critique, the chapter reflects on an alternative and sustainable design for Urban AI from a different design culture.
The last chapter is dedicated to the urban digital twin (UDT) as a fundamental tool of AI urbanism. UDT is explored starting from its conceptual sources and then situated in the problematic relationship between smart and AI urbanism. This chapter also includes a case study, namely the Bologna Digital Twin. This project is examined as a possible model for an alternative relationship between technology and urban space in the age of AI.
Overall, this thesis is dedicated to reflecting on the design culture behind the application of AI Urbanism. A culture composed of conceptual sources and theoretical inspirations that generate evident and substantial consequences in the design practice. The first objective of this thesis is therefore to highlight this dimension, which is interdisciplinary by nature, as crucial to the field of AI urbanism. Furthermore, the various chapters propose interdisciplinary languages capable of addressing specific issues related to this urban paradigm. Certainly, this thesis does not claim to have solved these problems. However, the idea is to have identified highly relevant issues and to have started the definition of languages and methods that can be implemented to address them
Post- Pandemic digital space integration in Lezha
No full textThis article aims to evaluate the potential for digital space integration in the Lezha
region by taking into account Albanian urban planning practice and some Western experiences in the problematic context of the post-pandemic period as well. The digital hybridization of space is a key component of European spatial planning and is one possible way to deal with the criticalities raised by the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has deeply changed the
European approach to spatial planning, highlighting the necessity to rethink mobility systems, public spaces and the relationship between space and health. The paper proposes to adopt a context-based and small-scale approach to maximize the positive effects of the digitalization of some spaces related to agritourism, mobility and environmental conservation. This approach would allow a regional way to the digitalization of space connected with the local culture and in dialogue with the informal capacities of the territory
Charting AI urbanism: conceptual sources and spatial implications of urban artificial intelligence
No full textAbstract The aim of this paper is to tease out some of the key issues concerning the relationship between AI and urbanism. This relationship, which is presented in the academic literature as a new driving force of contemporary urbanism, will be investigated through an interdisciplinary approach that places urban studies and philosophy of technology in dialogue. Thus, the analysis will not focus on the technological development of artificial intelligence systems but on how their application can affect urbanistic thinking and vice versa. The chart that is produced by this method is based on two fundamental axes: time and space. AI urbanism will then be inquired first through key turning points in the history of the relationship between technology and the city (modern urbanism, cybernetics and the smart city paradigm). Secondly, the spatial implications of urban AI will be investigated from the point of view of the concrete applications of this technology to the city (Robots, AVs, Software agents) and their impact on the relationships between different urban actors. Ultimately, this work aims to offer a conceptual tool for understanding some decisive implications of the relationship between AI and urbanism, such as the connection between quantitative and qualitative approaches, the implications related to autonomous technology, the economic-political background of AI urbanism, the material urban impact of AI, and the relationship between AI and other urban intelligences. Understanding these implications will be valuable for future research on AI urbanism oriented toward transforming simple technological development into sustainable urban innovations
Oltre il paradigma. Smart City Ontologia ed epistemologia dell'intelligenza urbana
No full textThis article examines the concept of smart city in order to understand its philosophical implications. These implications, which concern urban ontology and urban epistemology, will be investigated by retracing the set of metaphors that innervate this model and understanding how these have changed in the contemporary technological context. Moreover, two conceptual sources of smartness will be analysed: the modernist architectural-urban space and the theory of cybernetic action which were respectively criticized by Henri Lefebvre and Hans Jonas. The article aims to contribute to the construction of a different relationship between technology and politics in smart urbanism and to promote a plural and articulated idea of urban intelligence
Past and future of the connection between project, technology and neocybernetics
No full textThe paper compares design sciences and the philosophy of technology to contribute to the understanding of the concept of innovation in the digital era. Firstly, this work retraces an encounter between these two dimensions that took place in Italy in the late 1960s in order to compare it with some contemporary research perspectives. This operation investigates the evolution of the connection between humans and machines in design, particularly focusing on the systemic approach. Cybernetic thinking and its developments are the links between the two moments (investigated in the text both from a theoretical point of view and through examples). Secondly, it will be shown that a different interpretation of cybernetics can open up the possibility of a new understanding of the relationship between technology and design. A perspective capable of merging a holistic approach and attention to differences and aimed at providing a contribution to the reflection on theoretical paradigms through which technological innovation can be deployed
Architetture della modernità Leon Battista Alberti nel contesto della lettura attualistica del periodo umanistico-rinascimentale
No full textThis article aims to situate the thought of Leon Battista Al-
berti in the context of Giovanni Gentile’s historical perspec-
tive on modernity. More specifically, Alberti’s reflections on architectural theory will be interpreted as a specific mode of understanding the relationship between human action, nature and history. Given that the definition of the nature of this relationship plays a key role in Gentile’s own account of the relation between renaissance and modernity, a comparison between these two perspectives can potentially shed new light on the genesis of Gentile’s interpretation of modernity by taking into account his reception of Alberti’s thought. This philosophical analysis will provide two main contributions to the debate on the relation between renaissance and
modernity: 1) a critique of Gentile’s conception of modernityand its most dangerous implications; 2) A picture of the conceptual richness offered by renaissance philosophy
Small smart ethic mobility. Esperienze onlife di mobilità sostenibile in piccoli centri urbani
No full textL’integrazione tra le componenti materiali e immateriali legate alla mobilità pare favorire, grazie ad un design funzionale ed etico, un rapporto creativo, aperto e sostenibile, tra infrastruttura e cittadino. Attraverso casi studio e ricerche applicate a seguire vengono illustrate le possibili ricadute sulla qualità urbana date dall’utilizzo di sistemi di segnaletica Smart in città consolidate di dimensioni ridotte. Nello specifico sono presentate alcune sperimentazioni in ambito urbano di sistemi di segnaletica Smart – BiCi a CB e Smart Community and Mobility – illustrandone le potenzialità rispetto ad alcuni ambiti significativi di applicazione oltre che alle loro valenze etiche e funzionali.An integration of digital and physical features related to urban mobility and based on a functional and ethical design plays a key role in promoting an open, creative, and sustainable relationship between infrastructure and citizens. Through the analysis of applied research and relevant case studies, the present paper investigates the possible consequences of the use of smart traffic signals on the urban quality of small- sized cities. More specifically, this paper examines the urban applications of applied researches on smart traffic signals systems – BiCi a CB and Smart Community and Mobility – illustrating, in addition to their ethical value and functionality, their potential applications in significant urban settings
Machines and Cities an Evolving Relationship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
No full textThis contribution aims to investigate contemporary conceptualizations of the relationship
between city and digital technology, in order to identify useful indications for
contemporary cities. Starting from an examination of the most conceptually significant
approaches, we aim to shed new light on challenges and opportunities connected with
the contemporary urban conditions and particularly with the implementation of Urban
Artificial Intelligences (UAI)
Un dialogo per la modernità. Prospettive di una relazione tra filosofia e scienza nell’attualismo a partire da Leonardo da Vinci
No full textL'obbiettivo di questo articolo è quello di approfondire i rapporti tra filosofia e scienza nel pensiero di Giovanni Gentile. Questa operazione sarà condotta a partire da un analisi dell'interpretazione attualista del periodo umanistico-rinascimentale e segnatamente della figura di Leonardo Da Vinci. Questa indagine è volta a restituire l'articolazione dei rapporto tra scienza e filosofia in un momento della storia del pensiero che Gentile ritiene fondamentale per la formazione della modernità occidentale. Attraverso questa interpretazione si confuterà l'idea che l'attualismo sia una filosofia antiscientifica ricostruendo invece il ruolo decisivo che il pensiero scientifico ha nell'attualismo gentiliano
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