The new developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) bring revelations of emerging smart cities. However, AI has not yet been integrated in Computer Aided Design (CAD), Building Information Modelling (BIM) or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. There are experiments with AI in urban modelling and simulations and AI techniques are applied in procedural generation of buildings and cities, but software based on simulations, procedural models and generative algorithms is seldom used in architectural and urbanist practices. In this paper, we look at the history of smart cities and digitization in architecture and urbanism in relation to new potentials brought by AI. We map and juxtapose future urban visions, digital tools and AI techniques to discuss the role of architects and urban designers in an emerging world of smart cities. The purpose is to inspire a debate about the possibility to make a convergence of architectural and urbanist practices with new AI developments.