Year: 2019

PUBLISHED ON 8 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Philosopher, essayist and President of the Think Tank Generation Libre, Gaspard Koenig made a journey to the heart of artificial intelligence ! In his latest book, he discusses the promises and risks …

PUBLISHED ON 3 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Created by the “City Science Group” of the MIT Media Lab, CityScope is a platform which involves Lego, AI technology and urbanism. How does this tool work? How can it help us build dynamic cities …

PUBLISHED ON 3 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Power consumption in buildings is responsible for more than 30% of CO2 emissions. In New-York, it reaches 70%, making its skyscrapers the city’s main polluting source. As a result, how can AI …

PUBLISHED ON 3 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Water, a major challenge for cities A civilization’s fate seems to be closely linked to its water usage. As a result, the roman aqueducts, Arabic gardens as well as the Paris’ sewers (created by …

PUBLISHED ON 3 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Last May, Montreal stood out of the crowd by winning The Smart Cities Challenge. Quebec’s metropolis has also won a 50 millions dollars prize allowing it, among other things, to create and develop …

PUBLISHED ON 3 October 2019 BY Hubert Beroche

Why do we say of an area that it is “typically Parisian”? Where does the “New York energy” come from? Or even the “Californian vibe”? More generally, how can a city give us a culture, an …