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Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray, Twitter, Jul 27, 2022

What is this dystopian hell line city. pic.twitter.com/s7JxC9MsC5

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 27, 2022

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything More Dystopian’: Saudi Arabia Unveils 100-Mile Long MegaCity, And The Internet Is Terrified

The city will also be driven by AI technology. The promotional video says that services will be autonomous, and artificial intelligence, working with data analysis and predictive models, will figure out ways to improve daily life. Twitter users reacted to the promotional video on Twitter, with nearly all users comparing it to a work of dystopian horror fiction.