Megdagad
Megdagad is a fictional term used in speculative fiction to designate a hyper-scale data integration and predictive control architecture that coordinates urban infrastructure, environmental management, and social services through autonomous artificial intelligence. In the narratives, megdagad enables real-time optimization of traffic, energy grids, water systems, and emergency response across vast metropolitan or national scales. The concept explores both the benefits of efficiency and the risks of centralized governance and surveillance.
Etymology: The term is a neologism derived from the prefix mega- meaning large, combined with a fictional
Usage and structure: Megdagad is depicted as a distributed system spanning data centers, edge devices, and cloud
Reception and critique: Critics in fiction debate privacy, autonomy, and accountability, while proponents emphasize resilience and
Variants: Some narratives describe megdagad as a city-scale implementation, others as a nationwide or planetary platform