Design & Systems

The digital Kowloon

An AI-generated illustration in an anime-inspired style depicting a humanoid robot and a female researcher in a white lab coat standing together in a narrow, dimly lit alleyway at night. The researcher holds a clipboard. The cramped lane is lined with weathered buildings, tangled overhead wires, neon signs in Chinese and English (including one reading “Clinic”), potted plants, stray cats, and scattered rubbish bags — evoking the aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City.

What a walled city in Hong Kong can teach us about the future of AI development. And why vibe coding might be a regression to the 1990s, with better tools.

There is a photograph taken in 1989 of Kowloon Walled City from above. It looks less like a neighborhood and more like a geological…

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