piactérs
Piactérs are a fictional class of networked artifacts featured in contemporary speculative fiction and worldbuilding projects. They are described as small, modular devices that can be embedded in public spaces or carried as personal hardware. Piactérs function as collective intelligence agents; they share data through a resilient mesh network, run lightweight simulations, and present residents with contextual information and options in natural language.
Origin of term: The name piactérs is used across different settings with varying etymologies. Some authors
Ecology and design: In-universe, piactérs have no central authority; governance is distributed among nodes. They are
Applications: They are used for urban planning, emergency response coordination, and public deliberation; in stories, piactérs
History: The concept emerged in early 22nd-century techno-social narratives as a solution to urban complexity; later
See also: intelligent public infrastructure, participatory technology, distributed AI.