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Title	Exploring The Ambient In Relation To Urban Life And Ai
ID_Doc	25650
Authors	McKenna H.P.
Year	2025
Published	Urban Science, 9, 2
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9020026
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the ambient in an era of artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the urban context. As such, this paper explores evolving understandings of the ambient in everyday life encompassing a range of elements such as awareness, computing, experiences, information, and intelligence in relation to rapidly evolving and emerging applications of AI and generative AI in urban environments. A review of the research and practice literature for the ambient in relation to urban AI is provided in this paper enabling formulation of a conceptual framework to guide the exploration. A poll conducted online using the Whova platform during a hybrid (e.g., virtual and in person) conference event provides insight into the awareness element in the context of AI from the perspective of researchers, students, practitioners, and other conference participants and attendees (e.g., government business, etc.). Implications for urban life, smart cities, learning cities, and future cities are discussed, giving rise to challenges and opportunities for research and practice going forward. This work is significant in that a range of perspectives across a variety of domains emerge for the ambient in relation to everyday life and AI and to urban AI. © 2025 by the author.
Author Keywords	ambient awareness; ambient computing; ambient engineering; ambient experiences; ambient information; artificial intelligence; awareness; generative AI; learning cities; smart cities

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