Tom Sanchez

See my forthcoming book on AI and urban planning. www.routledge.com/Artificial-I...

The Basics of Artificial Neural Networks: What Urban Planners Should Know Planetizen AI columnist Tom Sanchez takes us under the hood of the technology that drives many AI tools.

See my new @planetizen.bsky.social column on The Basics of Artificial Neural Networks: What Urban Planners Should Know. www.planetizen.com/blogs/135694...

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025, The Handbook of AI and Urban Planning, edited by Thomas W. Sanchez (Texas A&M)

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Linn Meyers | Untitled (2022) | Artsy From Anat Ebgi, Linn Meyers, Untitled (2022), Acrylic ink and colored pencil on graph paper, 11 × 8 1/2 in

You might like Linn Meyers' work www.artsy.net/artwork/linn...

Artists: Christina Bothwell, Jacy Catlin, Jamison Carter, Margaret Griffith, John Knuth, linn meyers, Catherine Ruane, and Camilla Taylor.

In Urban Planning, AI Prompting Could be the new Design Thinking Creativity has long been key to great urban design. What if we see AI as our new creative partner?

In Urban Planning, AI Prompting Could be the new Design Thinking

In Urban Planning, AI Prompting Could be the new Design Thinking Creativity has long been key to great urban design. What if we see AI as our new creative partner?

See my new column, "In Urban Planning, AI Prompting Could be the new Design on @Planetizen www.planetizen.com/blogs/135418... I welcome your comments.

Planning with Generative AI for Creativity, Global Insight, and Fairness Published in Technology|Architecture + Design (Vol. 9, No. 1, 2025)

My thoughts on GenAI for creativity in planning and design in @tadjournal.bsky.social
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In TAD 9.1 "Artificial Intelligence and Architectural Intention," Professor Antoine Picon observes that text generation has seen broader acceptance than image generation, partly due to the absence of a third dimension in visual outputs.

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Voters Wanted Immigration Enforcement, but Not Like This America shouldn’t be doomed to oscillate between two types of chaos. Instead, we need to reembrace the antidote for chaos: the rule of law.

Wow. From Cato: www.cato.org/commentary/v...

Check out my interview with Fanni Melles on her podcast, What is the Future for Cities?
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Sometimes analog works just fine.

Read the first of my monthly @planetizen.bsky.social columns on AI and planning at: www.planetizen.com/features/135...
Your questions, comments, and ideas are greatly appreciated.

Somebody forgot their mouse in the bathroom at Munich Airport. #lostandfound

I need a new car.

Amazing analog calendar. One of the first computers. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tur...

Incredible trip on the Bernina Express!

This Dubuffett I saw at the Beyeler makes me think of cities.

Loving all these bikes in Basel!

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning This book aims to introduce planners to AI, outlining essential concepts, terminologies, and methodologies. AI now promises to reshape urban planning, but as with many technological innovations, AI al...

New book coming out later this year: www.routledge.com/Artificial-I...

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: July 31, 2025, The Handbook of AI and Urban Planning, edited by Thomas W. Sanchez (Texas A&M)

tomwsanchez.com/call-for-cha...

Todays's small miracle: a new leaf unfurling on a potted fern - spectacular nature strikes again.

New little drawing, 11 x 8 inches, ink and colored pencil on vintage graph paper. .

What Makes Bluesky the New ‘It’ Space for Urbanists Planners are turning to the up-and-coming platform, as well as other social media, to expand their reach and increase community engagement.

Bluesky for planners.
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OpenAI Unveils New A.I. Agent for Research The tool, called Deep Research, arrives days after OpenAI released another one, which shops for groceries and books restaurant reservations.

Well, I think we are at the point where the academic community needs to shift the emphasis of research productivity away from paper writing. A paper or journal article as the primary demonstration of knowledge will need to be replaced by a new form of intellectual engagement and assessment.

I manage to clear out my inbox and this is my reward? What is that anyhow?

'Super Bowl for Excel nerds' crowns the king of the spreadsheets in Vegas, complete with championship belt and adoring crowd: 'You'd never see this with Google Sheets' Who's going in the spreadsheet bin?

How about that spreadsheet championship!
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A Year in Review(s)

Academia runs on a steady stream of reviews— journal articles, promotion and tenure packages, book proposals, research proposals—the list goes on.