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Artificial intelligence has rendered a startling vision of New York City two centuries after being abandoned. Prompted to imagine the city reclaimed by nature, the AI produced images of a tropical jungle swallowing iconic landmarks. Times Square is depicted as a verdant landscape overtaken by vines and moss, while parrots soar through the skeletal remains of skyscrapers. Flooded streets mirror the decay above, and Central Park has morphed into an untamed rainforest. This glimpse into a possible future, born from a creative prompt on Reddit’s Artificial Intelligence forum (https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1mmu5o1/i_asked_ai_to_make_abandoned_200_years_old_nycs/), highlights the technology’s impressive capacity for imaginative visualization.