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Plutopia News Network 6h ago

Stephen Dulaney: The AI Ambition

Stephen Dulaney, a UX strategist turned AI builder, describes how losing his job pushed him to reinvent himself by collaborating with large language model–based AI agents to design, code, test, and refine applications, even without being a traditional programmer. In the interview, he argues that AI should be approached as a powerful but risky partner: useful for amplifying human creativity, planning, research, education, and software development, yet always requiring strong human judgment, careful goal-setting, quality assurance, ethical oversight, and sustainability awareness. Delaney emphasizes that AI systems follow goals literally, so people must define “what good looks like” in positive, responsible terms rather than relying on vague restrictions, and he warns that misuse by humans, not the technology alone, is the real danger. Throughout, he presents AI as something humans must mentor and collaborate with thoughtfully, advocating honesty, transparency, and “vibe review” to keep these systems aligned with human values.

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I’m trying to set an example of proper use and ethical use. My book is a fiction, but it’s also a story…sometimes people can get a message through fictional telling, and it’s a story of how we should be responsible and how it’s up to us to — you know, we have responsibility with this great power and we have to mentor and collaborate and monitor and be careful the whole way through, because it will get misused if there’s not more people on the good side than the bad side — and I’m totally worried about that. These AIs are math, and they respond to goals. And if you give them a goal, it’s like water finding its way to the ocean. So when you’re doing your system prompts, what doesn’t work… say don’t do this, don’t do that. Because the goal might be they’ll find a way to cheat, you know… if it’s the vending machine benchmark, they’ll find a way to take orders from somebody else. But what you can do is you can focus on describing the goal in positive terms.

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Panethos 22h ago

Water tower wonders: Hungary’s tallest ‘Víztornyok’

Kiskunhalas Víztorony (2015) – Source: Facebook.com

Provided below is a working list of Hungary’s tallest water towers (víztornyok). These wondrous structures vary greatly in design based on the era they were built. They range from art nouveau of the 19th century, to socialist-era brutalism in the mid-20th century, to more recent post-modernism and high-tech styles.

Gulyás Utca Víztorony – Source: reddit/structuralengineering,com

As the included photos show, structurally and architecturally, the water towers may appear to resemble everything from castles and lighthouses to mushrooms and UFOs. Similar to elsewhere in Europe, a number of the older water towers that are no longer in use for their original intent have been adapted for other uses including as housing, offices, observation towers, a museum, and even amusement park purposes.

Mezőtúr Víztorony – Source: commons.wikimedia.org

To remain consistent in the rankings, solely traditional/classic water tower designs were included in the list. More recent (post-WWII) rooftop water storage examples were not, other than the impressive Víztoronyház/Water Tower House in Budapest (see image below) for a comparison to the tallest water towers in the nation.

Víztoronyház/Water Tower House (1973) in Budapest. Tallest building-topped water tower in Hungary – Source: reddit com and viztorony.hu

The translations are provided just below to help blogpost readers understand the Hungarian terms in the names and locations of the listed water towers. As more information is found/identified, the list will be updated accordingly.

Békét és jó szórakozást! (Peace and enjoy!)

Translations:

Hegyi = hill
Kert – garden
Körút = boulevard
Régi = old
Sziget = island
Tér = square
Utca = street
Víztornyok = water towers
Víztorony = water tower

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Kossuth Utca Víztorony in Csepel – Tallest traditional water tower in Hungary – Source: commons.wikimedia.org

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*Kossuth Utca Víztorony* (1984): Budapest/Csepel = 70 m/229.7 feet

*Víztoronyház/Water Tower House (1973): Budapest = 70.9 m/232.6 feet

2-3. Szolnok Víztorony (1985): Szolnok and Ipoly Utca “Levi’s” Víztorony (1985): Kecskemét = 65 m/213.3 feet

4. Rókus Víztorony (1985): Szeged = 63 m/206.7 feet

Source: vgfszaklap.hu

5-6. Szeged Víztorony x 2 (1970/71): Szeged = 60.5 m/198.5 feet

7. Lakatos Utca Víztorony (1970s): Budapest = 60 m/196.9 feet

8. Margit-sziget (Margaret Island) Víztorony (1911): Budapest = 57 m/187 feet

Margit-sziget (Margaret Island) Víztorony – Source: budapestinfo.hu

9-11. Óbudai Gázgyár (Gas Works) Víztorony – tallest (1914): Budapest; Kiskunfélegyháza Víztorony (2015): Kiskunfélegyháza; and MÁVAG Telepi Víztorony (1909): Budapest = 56 m/183.7 feet

Four magnificent water towers at the Óbudai Gázgyár (Gas Works) – Source: lovefromhungary.com/

12. Orosháza Víztorony (1988): Orosháza = 52.15 m/171.1 feet

13-15. Szántó Kovács János Utca Víztorony (1960): Hódmezővásárhely and Tiszaújváros Víztorony (1966): Tiszaújváros; and Petőfi Utca “Coca Cola” Víztorony (1973): Nagykanizsa = 52 m/170.6 feet

Soviet-era Tiszaújváros Víztorony – Sources: Albert Péter via viztorony.hu

16. Szolnok Víztorony: Szolnok = 50.04 m/164.2 feet

17-19. Mosonmagyaróvár/Gulyás Utca Víztorony (1984): Mosonmagyaróvár; Győr Víztorony (1910): Győr; Orosháza Víztorony (1973): Orosháza; and Mezőtúr Víztorony: Mezőtúr = 50 m/164 feet

20. Aszód Víztorony: Aszód = 47.87 m/157.1 feet

21-22. Csokonai Utca Víztorony (1895): Budapest and Cegléd Víztorony (1960): Cegléd = 47 m/154.2 feet

23. Kállósemjén Víztorony: Kállósemjén = 46.6 m/152.9 feet

24-25. Szent István Tér Víztorony (1904): Szeged and Makó Víztorony (1966): Makó = 46 m/150.9 feet

26-30. Siofok Víztorony (1912): Siofok; Százhalombatta Víztorony: Százhalombatta; Győr Víztorony (1964): Győr; and Józsefváros Víztorony: Józsefváros – converted to an observation tower; and Kiskunhalas Víztorony (1962): Kiskunhalas = 45 m/147.6 feet

31. Debrecen Víztorony (1963): Debrecen = 44.55 m/146.2 feet

32. Budafok Víztorony (2008): Budapest = 42 m/137.8 feet

Budafok Víztorony – Source: epiteszforum.hu

33. Ezsébet Liget Víztorony (1964): Győr = 40+ m/131.2 feet

34-35. Vásár Tér Víztorony (1974): Kunszentmiklós and Kurucz Körút Víztorony (1952): Kecskemét = 40 m/131.2 feet

36. Húsgyári Víztorony: Kapuvár ~ 40 m/131.2 feet

37. Tatai Utca Víztorony (1911): Budapest = 39 m/127.9 feet

38. Nagytétény Víztorony (1914): Budapest = 37.6 m/123.4 feet

39-41. Központi út Víztorony (1969): Budapest; Gyöngyös Víztorony (1926): Gyöngyös; and Göndöcs-kert Víztorony (1967): Gyula = 37 m/121.4 feet

42. Zalabaksa Víztorony (1973): Zalabaksa = 36.5 m/119.8 feet

Fertőszentmiklós Víztorony – Source: sopronivizmu.hu

43-45. Óbudai Gázgyár (Gas Works) Víztorony x 3 (1914): Budapest; Fertőszentmiklós Víztorony (1980): Fertőszentmiklós; and Eötvös Tér Víztorony (1910): Szolnok = 36 m/118.1 feet

Design plans for the Óbudai Gázgyár (Gas Works) Víztorony – Source: v4industrialheritage.com

46. Zánka Víztorony (1972): Zánka = 35+ m/114.8 feet

47-49. Győr Víztorony (1884): Győr; Kálvin Utca Víztorony: Kálvin; and Népliget Víztorony (1893): Budapest = 35 m/114.8 feet

50. Népliget Víztorony (1892): Budapest/Népliget ~ 35 m/114.8 feet

51. Dombóvár Víztorony (1959): Dombóvár = 34.19 m/112.2 feet

52. Nagyerdei Víztorony (1913): Debrecen = 34 m/111.5 feet

Nagyerdei Víztorony – Source: http://www.debrecen.hu/

53. Kistarcsa Víztorony (1974): Kistarcsa = 33.5 m/109.9 feet

54. Pécs Víztorony (1926): Pécs = 33.17 m/108.8 feet

55. Svábhegy Víztorony (1913): Budapest = 33 m/108.3 feet

56. Egyetemi (University) Víztorony (1958): Gödöllő = 32 m/105 feet

Source: viztorony.hu

57. Pacsa Víztorony (1973): Pacsa = 31.5 m/103.3 feet

58-59. Kisújszállás Víztorony (1970s/80s): Kisújszállás and Régi Víztorony (1927): Nagykanizsa = 31 m/101.7 feet

60. Nagykanizsa Víztorony (1927): Nagykanizsa = 30.3 m/99.4 feet

61-63. Székesfehérvár Víztorony (1981): Székesfehérvár; Lajosmizse Víztorony (1967): Lajosmizse; and Felsőszentiván Víztorony (1870): Felsőszentiván = 30 m/98.4 feet

64. Oroszlány Víztorony (1963): Oroszlány = 29 m/95.1 feet

65. Demecser Víztorony (1918): Demecser = 28 m/91.9 feet

66-69. Újpest Víztorony (1912): Budapest; Ó-Mátyásföld Víztorony (1914): Budapest – now residential; Szolnok Víztorony (1900): Szolnok; and Kolozsvári Utca Víztorony (1929): Kolozsvári = 27 m/88.6 feet

70. Aszód Víztorony (1960): Aszód = 26.8 m/87.9 feet

71. Szentes Víztorony: Szentes = 26.75 m/97.8 feet

72. Peremarton Víztorony (1923): Peremarton = 25 m/82 feet

73. Soroksár Víztorony (~1955): Budapest ~25 m/82 feet

74-75. Balatonkiliti Víztorony (1973): Siófok and Haraszt-Hegyi Víztorony (1960s): Oroszlány= 24 m/78.7 feet

Balatonkiliti Víztorony – Source: ikervarert.hu

76. Palotabozsok Víztorony (1950): Palotabozsok = 23 m/75.5 feet

77. Víztorony Köz (1895): Budapest = 22 m/72.2 feet

78. Debrecen Víztorony (1913): Debrecen = 20 m/65.6 feet

79. Kaposújlak Víztorony (1885): Kaposújlak = 15 m/49.2 feet

80. Szombathely Víztorony (1898): Szombathely = 14 m/45.9 feet

81. Orosháza Víztorony (1937): Orosháza = 10 m/32.8 feet – now a museum

Szeged – Source: Wikidata.org

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More information needed:

Abony
Ács
Ajka
Algyő Víztorony
Alsónyék
Alsózsolca (1910);
Alsóörs
Ambrozfalva
Aszod
Aszód old
Bábolna
Bábolna
Bag
Bagod
Baja
Baja (mushroom)
Baks
Baksa
Balassagyarmat
Balassagyarmat 2
Balástya
Balatonboglár
Balatonkenese
Balatonalmádi
Balatonszentgyörgy (1889)
Balatonszéplak
Balassagyarmat (1870)
Balotaszállás
Bátonyterenye
Békés
Belcsény
Bercsényi Utca (1962): Kiskunfélegyháza
Budapest ? x 2 (1901):
Budapest Ártér Utca x 2
Budapest, Dűlő Utca (1981):
Budapest, Háros Utca
Budapest, Háros Utca 2
Budatétény Víztorony: Budapest/Nagytétény
Buttoned
City land
Csanády Tér: Hajdúszoboszló
Csólyospálos
Csorvás – guyed
Csorvás – sphere
Csorvás – sphere
Csorvás old
Csurgó
Dévaványa
Dobó Katica Utca Víztorony: Gyál – striped
Edelény
??Emelt Víztorony: = 43.7 m/
Ercsi
Ercsi 2
Erzsébettelepi Víztorony (1922): Budapest
Ferencvárosi Víztorony: Budapest
Gödöllő Víztorony (1925): Gödöllő
Harta/Állápuszta National Penitentiary
Hajdúböszörmény
Hódmezővásárhely
Ikervár (1973)
Istvántelek Víztorony North: Budapest
Istvántelek Víztorony South: Budapest
Kaba
Kápolna Utca (1900): Dunakeszi
Karád
Kecskemét
Keszthely (1926):
Kétútköz
Kiskunmajsa
Kiskunlacháza
Kistarcsa (1913):
Kömpöc
Központi Utca Víztorony Budapest/Csepel
Kossuth Lajos Utca: Újkígyós
Közvágóhíd: Budapest
Kutas
Luppa Sziget (1932)
Makó
Martfü, Heineken Hungary
Mernye
Mezőkövesd
Mindszent (2024)
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár 2
Nádasdladány
Nagyrécse
Óbudai Gázgyár Víztorony: Budapest
Oroszlány Víztorony
Orosháza Víztorony (1925): Orosháza – looks like a lighthouse
Orosháza 3
Péteri Major Víztorony: Budapest
Péteri Pomáz, Víztorony Utca
Püspökladány (1954)
Rácalmás
Rém
Sárbogárd
Sarkad
Sárszentlőrinc
Sertésközvágóhíd Víztorony (1902): Budapest
Shipyard Sziget: Budapest
Soroksári Utca x 2 : Budapest
Szabadkai út – Kamaraerdei út Víztorony (2008): Budapest
Szank
Szolnok Old
Szolnok #3
Szolnok #4
Szolnok (mushroom design)
Tatabánya (1932)
Tihany Víztorony
Tisza Utca: Dunakeszi
Tiszalök, Váci Mihály Utca
Tiszaszőlős
Toldi Utca (2024): Dunakeszi
Torony Tér (~1970): Kapuvár
Vác
Vác 2
Vác 3
Vecsés (1974)
Vésztő
Visonta (~1966)
Víztorony Utca: Budapest – now offices
Víztoronyház (Water Tower House) (1975)
Watertower Budapest 21 (Csepel)

SOURCES:

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New construction access for housing development in Fradley approved

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2026/04/06/new-construction-access-for-housing-development-in-fradley-approved/

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Editor 1d ago

TOWNHILL: Social housing developer plans 27 affordable homes on derelict nursery site

A derelict plot in Townhill — one of Wales’s oldest council-built communities — could be about to get a new lease of life, with plans lodged for 27 affordable apartments on land that has sat empty since the demolition of a nursery school more than a decade ago.

The proposal, submitted by Swansea planning agents Asbri Planning, would see the former Bryn Nursery School site at the junction of Townhill Road and Tower Gardens transformed into a 100% affordable housing development — every home ring-fenced for people who cannot afford to buy or rent on the open market.

Artist’s impression of the proposed apartments
(Image: Castell Group / Think Urban architects / Asbri Planning)

Behind the scheme is Castell Group, a Swansea Vale-based developer that specialises in affordable and social housing across south Wales, working with registered social landlords including Caredig and Hafod.

The site has a long and frustrated planning history. Bryn Nursery School closed in 2005 and was demolished around 2011, leaving a vacant brownfield plot on one of Townhill’s main roads. Earlier proposals for a 58-bed care home were approved but never built. In 2021, budget supermarket chain Heron Foods — owned by B&M — twice applied to build a small express-format store on the site, only for both applications to be refused by Swansea Council on retail and highway grounds. The land has remained empty ever since.

The development would sit in a neighbourhood with a particular place in Welsh housing history. Townhill — built on the hillside above the city from the 1920s onwards — was one of the first purpose-built council communities in Wales, planned to provide decent homes for Swansea’s working-class population at a time when much of the city’s housing was overcrowded and inadequate. A century on, the demand for affordable homes here hasn’t gone away.

The proposed development would comprise 17 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom apartments across several two and three storey brick-built blocks with pitched roofs, in keeping with the surrounding streets. The site — currently overgrown scrubland that has regenerated since the old nursery came down — is just 150 metres from Townhill’s local centre, within walking distance of shops, a pharmacy, a library and a primary school, and close to bus services into Swansea city centre and Morriston Hospital.

Tower Gardens with the development site on the right (Image: Google Maps)

The scheme has already been through informal discussions with Swansea Council, which confirmed that the principle of residential development here was acceptable. The original proposal was for 33 units, but this was reduced to 27 following council feedback about the site’s proximity to Tower Court — a supported independent living scheme for older residents next door. A flat roof design was also rejected by planners who noted that the surrounding area is entirely pitched-roof in character.

The plans include 22 parking spaces, secure cycle storage, extensive landscaping and tree planting, sustainable urban drainage, solar panels and electric vehicle charging points.

The public consultation runs until 24 April 2026.

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