Lessons From the Reinvention of Pittsburgh into an AI Robotics Hub

Pittsburgh was known for steel. Now the city has ambitions to become a hub for something else: AI and robotics. The pieces seem to be falling into place. From central robotics labs at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon to investment from the city, the ecosystem is being built right now as this feature article notes. The most interesting part of this evolution, though, is how the early evangelists for telling this story seem to be linking it back to the roots of Pittsburgh’s identit...