Intelligenza artificiale, da un mondo distopico al riconoscimento del patrimonio territoriale Artificial Intelligence: From a Dystopian World to the Recognition of Territorial Heritage

The contribution examines the radical transformations in the relationship between power, technology, and urban space in the contemporary era, exploring the evolution from the dystopian narratives of the 20th century to the current digital scenario. Through theories such as Michel Foucault's biopolitics and Byung-Chul Han's psychopolitics, the text emphasizes how modern cognitive infrastructures have transformed surveillance into a mechanism of control based on voluntary connection and perceived freedom, risking reducing living to a comfortable digital prison. Criticizing the dematerialization of experience, the article argues that cognitive processes are embodied and relational, asserting the importance of physical interaction with the environment. The author critiques the technocratic vision of the smart city and proposes a reinterpretation of urban planning through the concepts of ‘hybrid space’ and ‘living city.’ The central goal is to define a new "right to the city" in the era of AI urbanism, proposing the use of artificial intelligence not as a tool of control but as a means of analyzing territorial heritage. The suggested approach includes the use of data-mining techniques to identify the identity qualities of places, with the goal of bridging the gap between humans and their environment, integrating both physical and digital dimensions in support of collective well-being.