• Cities in the Metaverse Jun 7, 2025

    Book cover by Andy Image from Cities in the Metaverse book cover by Andy Hudson-Smith

    This time last summer I was focusing on researching and writing a chapter on AI for the Cities in the Metaverse book with Andy and Valerio. The process was mostly fun, I loved the research and deep dive to connect the dots between the future we’re building and the ideas that brought us to this point. It was a lesson in patience; I’m learning that my frustration with writing isn’t a lack of skill, but that the craft itself requires time. The book is now available and am curious to see where this takes us next: Cities in the Metaverse - Digital Twins, Society, Avatars and Economics on the New Frontier. It also prompted me to remind myself of what I wrote! Turns out I covered Turing Tests, Douglas Adams Babel Fish, Bukimi no Tani, Perlin noise, VAE’s, Black Mirror and NERF’s.

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