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We're told smart cities are the future.
Audrey Tang sees a risk: a city that becomes smarter than its citizens.
Luring us in like a feed. Extracting our data. Extracting us from our communities.
Until we're running like hamsters on a wheel - faster and faster, going nowhere.
The alternative vision is Assistive Intelligence: technology that works like a campfire. Nobody just stares at it. It illuminates our faces and brings people together.
Because technology shouldn't pull us out of our communities.
It should bring us back to them.
🎙 In Episode 30, host Tanisha Raffiuddin sat down with Audrey Tang - Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador at Large and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI - at SXSW London 2026.
Watch the full episode via the link in our bio.
#TalkingPlace #SmartCity #UrbanLife #FutureCities #Community
Audrey Tang sees a risk: a city that becomes smarter than its citizens.
Luring us in like a feed. Extracting our data. Extracting us from our communities.
Until we're running like hamsters on a wheel - faster and faster, going nowhere.
The alternative vision is Assistive Intelligence: technology that works like a campfire. Nobody just stares at it. It illuminates our faces and brings people together.
Because technology shouldn't pull us out of our communities.
It should bring us back to them.
🎙 In Episode 30, host Tanisha Raffiuddin sat down with Audrey Tang - Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador at Large and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI - at SXSW London 2026.
Watch the full episode via the link in our bio.
#TalkingPlace #SmartCity #UrbanLife #FutureCities #Community
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