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title: The life and death story behind construction’s would-be AI revolutionary
description: Daniel Gayne spoke to René Morkos about his background in engineering, living and working in war-torn Lebanon and post-invasion Afghanistan and his ambition for ALICE.
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[In the News: AI in Construction | ALICE Technologies ](https://blog.alicetechnologies.com/news)

# [The life and death story behind construction’s would-be AI revolutionary](https://blog.alicetechnologies.com/news/the-life-and-death-story-behind-constructions-would-be-ai-revolutionary)

 Written by [ALICE Technologies](https://blog.alicetechnologies.com/news/author/alice-technologies) | Jun 26, 2023 6:00:00 PM

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