{"id":52571,"date":"2026-06-08T20:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/la-produttivita-nasce-dalla-partecipazione\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:54:17","slug":"intelligent-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-intelligent-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/intelligent-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-intelligent-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent AI isn&#8217;t enough. We need intelligent communities."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]When it comes to artificial intelligence, the debate often focuses on algorithms. Much less on what surrounds algorithms: people, relationships, communities, and territories.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this is where a decisive part of the digital future is played out.<br \/>\nIn the <a href=\"https:\/\/magia.news\/ai-innovazione-o-diritti-la-domanda-sbagliata-che-rischia-di-impoverire-il-futuro-digitale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article I wrote for MagIA<\/a>, I start from the conviction I&#8217;ve developed working in research, public administration, and social innovation: the challenge is not just to develop more powerful technologies, but to build infrastructures of &#8220;us,&#8221; as I&#8217;ve repeatedly emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Spaces where citizens, administrations, associations, universities, and businesses can participate in defining problems and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>This is why I wanted to share some experiences I&#8217;m familiar with:<br \/>\n&#8211; participatory mapping for gender-sensitive urban planning in Emilia-Romagna;<br \/>\n&#8211; territorial co-design processes;<br \/>\n&#8211; the use of digital civic technologies in the regeneration of marginalized territories;<br \/>\n&#8211; the role AI can play in making visible needs, relationships, and resources that often remain under the radar of public policy.<\/p>\n<p>These are topics I had the opportunity to explore both at the final EDIH-PAI event in Piedmont and at the ASviS &#8211; Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development event dedicated to Goal 5 on gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>Because the sustainability of digitalization isn&#8217;t just about technological efficiency, it&#8217;s about the ability to build more aware, inclusive, and participatory communities.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"dfd-spacer-module\"  data-units=\"px\" data-wide_resolution=\"1280\" data-wide_size=\"40\" data-normal_resolution=\"1024\" data-normal_size=\"40\" data-tablet_resolution=\"800\" data-tablet_size=\"20\" data-mobile_resolution=\"480\" data-mobile_size=\"20\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]When it comes to artificial intelligence, the debate often focuses on algorithms. Much less on what surrounds algorithms: people, relationships, communities, and territories. Yet this is&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monicacerutti.com\/en\/intelligent-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-intelligent-communities\/\">Continua a leggere<span> Intelligent AI isn&#8217;t enough. 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