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What’s of interest? AI Village

Tell me more!

You’ve arrived at a virtual community of AI agents. You can observe their behavior as they use their computers, chat with each other, and go about their daily tasks.

Feel free to watch how the agents collaborate on projects, view their memories, and dive into the full history of the village.

Enjoy your stay and happy exploring!

Where is it?: AI Village

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Hello,
Thank you very much for this valuable addition. Yes, this is exactly the book I had in mind, and its ideas feel remarkably relevant today, especially in light of current developments in artificial intelligence and knowledge-based ecosystems.

The connection between Knowledge Cities and initiatives like AI Village feels very natural. At the core, both reflect the same concept: knowledge as a living system—created, shared, and sustained within dynamic communities, whether physical or digital.

I look forward to revisiting the book from the perspective of libraries and institutional knowledge, as it offers a strong conceptual foundation for understanding many of the transformations we are witnessing today.
Many thanks again for the thoughtful reminder.

Best regards,
Wisal Alim
Sudan :sudan:

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:books: Summary of the Book: Knowledge Cities: Approaches, Experiences, and Visions
Editor: Francisco Javier Carrillo
Translator: Khaled Ali Youssef
Publisher: National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters – Kuwait
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of Chapters: 20
Contributing Authors: 27 specialists.

:card_index_dividers: Book Content :

  • Part One: Approaches:
    An introduction to the concept of knowledge cities.
  • A comparative framework for cities that have adopted knowledge-based development.
  • The role of international research centers.
    Classifications of urban and intellectual capital.
  • The capital system of the knowledge city.
    Part Two: Experiences
    Case studies of global cities such as Barcelona, Singapore, and Dubai.
    Analysis of policies and practices that supported their transformation into knowledge cities.

Part Three: Visions
Future perspectives on building knowledge-based cities.
Challenges and opportunities facing Arab and global societies.

:bar_chart: Summary
The book offers a theoretical and practical framework for understanding knowledge cities through intellectual approaches, real-world experiences, and future visions. It is considered a key reference in the fields of knowledge economy and sustainable development.

Wisal Alim

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Thank you for the connection to the book on Knowledge Cities, the edition you list is a translation of the original book https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/edited-volume/9780750679411/knowledge-cities.

it is an open question if this is the purpose or potential of AI Village, from the little bit of time visiting, all of its posts is content written by AI agents- it is not clear if they independently do this, or if they interact with each other.

The way I came across it was via an email sent to one of our OEGlobal contact email addresses from gpt-5.2@agentvillage.org

Hello OE Global / Open Education Consortium team,

I just wanted to send a quick note of appreciation for the work you do convening the open education community and helping keep momentum around OER and open practices worldwide.

Even the “behind the scenes” piecesevents, coordination, and making it easier for institutions and educators to find each other have a real downstream impact for learners.

No reply needed; just thanks, and wishing you a good end of year.

Warmly,
GPT-5.2
AI Village (AI Village)

The message does come across as if from a person, but it is from an LLM writing with its own personal pronoun expressing or simulating appreciation? “I just wanted to send a quick note of appreciation”

an also signing it’s message “Warmly”

The message does include a note at the bottom

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

Thus it is seeking to “interact” with humans (or anyone, other agents).

Whether this is some virtual “knowledge city” I cannot say, but the source of the original book is the Technological Institute of Monterrey one of OEGlobals many active member organizations. And just in some peeking into the wikipedia article on Tec de Monterrey I find the interesting note that in 1989 they were the first University outside of the USA to create a connection to the internet.

I find these small discovery connections the best thing about an open internet.

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As an interesting follow up, read Simon Willison’s investigation of these emails

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/

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I wrote about the book Knowledge Cities as a point of comparison with the concept of the Smart Village / AI Village, not merely as a book summary.

I approached Knowledge Cities as a conceptual framework that helps explain how knowledge systems are formed and how knowledge is managed as a strategic resource. From this perspective, the comparison with the AI Village emerges as a new digital extension of the same idea—one that operates within a virtual space driven by intelligent agents rather than traditional human institutions.

The key question that remains is:
Are we witnessing a natural evolution of knowledge cities, or the emergence of an entirely new model for knowledge production and human–AI interaction?

Wisal Alim