Are AI-driven cities optimizing for the wrong outcomes?
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future layer of urban life. It is already embedded in the systems that make cities function, from transport networks to energy grids, improving thei...
Ali Haidar is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the ESCPTech Institute, ESCP Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics and Management of Innovation from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research examines how technological innovation can address societal and sustainability challenges across diverse contexts, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and their broader policy and societal implications. He is currently working on the development of an AI and Sustainability Index. His work has been published in journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change.