ABSTRACT
The benefits and enchantment of living in the 21st century are numerous. There are multiple technological pillars involved in building sustainable smart cities. This chapter will shed light on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) primarily. This offers new opportunities for collaboration in areas such as transportation, healthcare, industry, and the creation of digital infrastructure. Visualizing that now, no one gets stuck in the traffic congestion, while going to the office or for shopping. Every day, your doctor gets complete details about your daily sleep, heart rate, pulse rate, daily footsteps, calories burned, intake of calories, etc. Envision that seating in a different part of the world or just after leaving from your office and before reaching home, you want to make the room temperature apt for which you want to switch on your air conditioner/thermostat Similarly, controlling all the appliances of the house is at your fingertips. AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two technologies that have the potential to transform cities into sustainable smart cities. This proposes new opportunities for collaboration in the areas of transportation, healthcare, industry, and the development of digital infrastructure.
The chapter will commence with a brief introduction about artificial intelligence, AI history, benefits of AI, limitations or challenges of AI, future scope, and solutions proposed by AI. The chapter will also highlight IoT, how IoT has actually made life easier and the devices to stay connected, and other advantages and challenges of AI. In this chapter, the author will discuss smart cities and various sectors like traffic management, agriculture, healthcare, etc., which have helped the cities get converted into smart cities.
