From Cyberpunk Barcelona to Neo Tokyo: 20 AI-Generated Cities You Have to See

Chris Steins
5 min readMar 14, 2023
An AI-generated image of several tall residential apartment buildings covered in green plants, arranged around a walking path with grass and green trees, with the sun shining down on the buildings.
“Green City,” created by UnikoVB using Midjourney.

These AI-inspired images of cities are created using NightCafe and MidJourney, two popular services that use artificial intelligence (AI) to create images from text descriptions.

An AI image generation service creates images using a machine learning technique called Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). To create images of cities, the AI is trained on images of cities, and then it can generate new images of a future city based on a prompt — a set of words or phrases provided by the image creator. The AI algorithm uses a feedback loop to improve the images it produces, making them increasingly realistic.

NYC Reimagined

Created by Enlightenment using NightCafe in a daily challenge with the prompt, “Major Cities Reimagined.”

“NYC” by @Enlightenment, in the Major Cities Reimagined competition on NightCafe.
NYC Reimagined, Created by Enlightenment

Cyberpunk 2

Created by 이명박 using Midjourney based on a seed image of Seoul’s skyline.

Cyberpunk 2, created by 이명박

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Chris Steins

I write about the wine & sprits industry, technology, artificial intelligence and travel.