The 2021 WCAIR Competition has come to an end, with Beijing’s Shining Dawn, Singapore’s Smartest City and Juinen’s Untitled Oversight Project moving on to the WCAIR Challenge in Brussels. This year’s WCAIR Chief Judge, Sven Pedersen, called the competition one…
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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Save Our Planet?
There are many widespread problems that are affecting humanity on a global scale – extreme poverty, lack of access to clean water, proper sanitation, electricity, access to the internet, quality education, and basic healthcare to name a few. To tackle…
Week 9- SystèmeNous Makes the Call
Paris’ SystèmeNous project to use crowdsourced data to track the health of municipal architecture has had a rocky path through this years’ WCAIR rankings, largely thanks to difficulties acquiring sufficiently large datasets without complications of attribution. A new agreement with…
Would you let a robot surgeon operate on you?
Artificial intelligence is redesigning the future of healthcare. AI can see things and work faster in a way that humans can’t. Machines are programmed with deep learning AI algorithms that enable them to see things far better than what a…
Is Artificial Intelligence Helping or Hurting Human Employment?
Possibly one of the most contentious aspects of our projected use of artificial intelligence is how it will affect the jobs and careers of humans. Which, of course, directly relates to how it will affect our livelihoods. There are typically…
Week 8- Juinen Stands Tall
Juinen’s Untitled Oversight Project, flexible and unconventional in its methods as always, has claimed the #5 spot on the rankings this week. WCAIR officials called the small Dutch municipality’s methods “intricate and fascinating”, and a “truly revolutionary paradigm shift in…
Environmental Aspects Of AI Often Ignored
After a period of hype with its potential for a variety of applications, the time has come for artificial intelligence (AI). In this article, we will focus on the environmental impact of AI on human health and the environment, as…
How artificial intelligence is transforming the gaming industry
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly growing into diverse areas in today’s society. AI is utilized in various areas such as research in the medical field, agriculture, and creative innovative technology. For instance in automated vehicles. Artificial Intelligence is being used in…
Week 7- Stockholm Takes Their Shot
Stockholm’s Alla+Svensk project team clinched their first top-10 spot this week, thanks to a successful public rollout of their AI-assisted cloud translation software. A+S apps were available for public use in civic information terminals in Stockholm’s downtown core, and for…
Are we comfortable learning from AI teachers?
As our sources of knowledge, education, and learning continue to evolve every day, society has begun to determine how it feels about learning about ourselves and our world from computers and through other forms of artificial intelligence. Do we trust…