Artificial Intelligence and Urban Planning: What Planners Need to Know Now

You might not realize it, but artificial intelligence, or AI,
already affects your life in countless ways. Your favorite
wayfinding app? It’s powered by AI. The product recommendations
you get on that e-commerce site you visit regularly? That’s AI,
too. The music, movie, and TV suggestions you see on streaming
platforms; the notifications from your bank alerting you to
possible fraudulent activity; the wearable technology giving you
health information — they’re all driven by systems that use AI.
And the AI market is only expected to grow — 20 percent annually
over the next few years, in fact.



In this conversation, led by APA’s research director Petra
Hurtado, AICP, AI experts Neda Madi and Tom Sanchez discuss why
planners need to pay attention to this technology (hint: it's
already being used in many planning contexts, too). They talk
in-depth about the potential impacts — positive and negative — as
well as how planners can mitigate the negative ones. Their
exchange is an eye-opening and ultimately inspiring dialogue for
those who care about their communities.



Neda Madi is the City Infrastructure Analytics director of the
Network Dynamics Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Tom
Sanchez is professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia
Tech.



This podcast was produced in partnership with the Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy.


Episode URL:
https://planning.org/podcast/artificial-intelligence-and-urban-planning-what-planners-need-to-know-now/