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May Evelyn, Iraheta Hernandez (2024) Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in smart cities and their benefits for entrepreneurs in Dublin, Ireland, and San Salvador, El Salvador. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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Abstract
One of the main problems that humanity is facing is urbanization and population densification in large cities: Metropolitan and Micropolitan areas, lineal cities, Megacities, and Global cities.
Some cities, in countries like China and Japan, are getting ready for this Fourth Industrial Revolution, mostly for the accelerated development of technology in terms of autonomy, all this thanks to Artificial Intelligence. For that reason, cities or megacities are becoming smart cities. This fact opens new opportunities for business for entrepreneurs involved in tech solutions, as we will see in the literature review many programs promote creativity with venture capitals, hackathons, competitions, or calls for pilot projects, to find solutions in the cities and improve the quality of life of the citizens.
For example, the Artificial Intelligence European Act has involved in their articles SMEs and start-ups to be part of the new era of AI. This potential topic of research aims to explore those changes and provide insights for future and present entrepreneurs in technologies or consultant businesses, especially in local governments in the transition of Smart Cities.
The research follows the qualitative research method, after an interpretive philosophy, using an explore method, the research question is What is the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in smart cities and their benefits for entrepreneurs in Dublin and San Salvador? With a general objective “Explore the role of Artificial Intelligence in Smart cities and their benefits for entrepreneurs in Dublin, Ireland and San Salvador, El Salvador.
Some of the significant findings are that even though entrepreneurs with tech solutions have many possibilities in this field, one of the challenges is to gain the users' trust, overcome skepticism, and work with ethics by putting the human being at the center of the solutions. If the idea offered by a start-up is successful, that idea has the potential to open the opportunity to the Global market.
However, all the success of the innovation transitions depends on the politics and measures towards the ethical implications, by improving transparency of private data usage. Also, the role of Local government is to create a safe space for experimentation and promote creativity around AI, as the AI ACT mentions, creating a sandbox for entrepreneurs. Calls for proposals for pilot projects in applied artificial intelligence have proven to be a valuable tool.
Local governments should consider projects that use AI for local entrepreneurs, not only in the technological field but in SMEs in general. Brainstorming Workshops on how AI can boost their businesses and be competitive would be useful for this.
Cities such as Bristol in the United Kingdom or Shenzhen in China are a good paradigm from which one can learn by saving time in stages already overcome, both with complete strategies or programs and equally with specific projects, in the area of entrepreneurship linked to artificial intelligence.
To conclude, The role of AI in smart cities according to all participants and literature is to improve the quality of life of the citizens by enhancing Urban management, improving public services, and enhancing mobility sustainably. And open endless opportunities for entrepreneurs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Supervisors: | Name Email Tan, Eileen UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology > Methods of research. Technique. Experimental biology > Data processing. Bioinformatics > Artificial intelligence Q Science > Q Science (General) > Self-organizing systems. Conscious automata > Artificial intelligence D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > Ireland > Dublin H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory > Entrepreneurship T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > Telecommunications > Computer networks > Internet of things H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Small Business Sector |
| Divisions: | School of Business > Master of Science in Entrepreneurship |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2025 09:05 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2025 09:05 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8397 |
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