This artist uses AI to show how the world’s streets could be more pedestrian-friendly

Artificial intelligence is helping visualise how the urban space can be reclaimed for pedestrians. — AFP Relaxnews

Artist and musician Zach Katz virtually transforms the streets of the world’s major cities in order to show how the space could be made more hospitable to pedestrians. Every day, he posts new creations on his Twitter account and, in the space of a few weeks, has become something of a star among Internet users, city planners and politicians.

How do we imagine the downtown zones of the future? The Twitter account @Betterstreetsai explores this question by using DALL-E, the artificial intelligence (AI) that has started a real trend on the Web. Here, fountains, green space, rails or even roads reserved for bikes and cyclists take over the space to dramatically change the urban landscape.