Cities will get smarter but its citizens must too, expert warns

The biggest challenge facing the cities of 2060 isn’t the fallout from the global COVID-19 pandemic but the inevitable rise of digitisation and AI, which will bring benefits, but also problems that need to be planned for.

That is the view of Griffith University urban planning expert Tony Matthews, who is set to discuss the issue in a special panel on the topic at the World Science Festival Brisbane later this week.

The “Cities 2060” panel will discuss how cities will change over the next 40 years, and how much we can influence and plan for that growth.

The panel discussion had actually been planned for…