Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis

This book argues that the human model, isolated and reductionist, is not the best basis for AI. It suggests that ecological intelligence is the superior framework. Systems theory is central to the concept of sustainability, and this book argues that AI myst be grounded within the ecology of our planet in order to offer any change.

Born in the historic city of Armagh in Ireland in 1965, Keith is a former Association of Rhodes Scholars of Australia Scholar, carrying out field research across the planet, from Kenya to the Carpathian mountains, from the Scottish Highlands to southwest Australia and from Vietnam to Trinidad. In 2010, Keith established the Biosphere Research Institute (www.biosri.org), becoming its first director. The Biosphere Research Institute does cutting-edge research on environmental, economic and societal sustainability, focusing on a fundamental dialogue around our place in the Earth system.

Preface. Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Ethics in AI. Gender, Race, Culture and Fear. The Thinker: Human Intelligence. Other Modes of Intelligence: Thinking Outside the Human Box. Highway to Hell: The Existentialist Threat Facing Humankind. Forget the Romans. What has AI ever done for us? Imagining a New World. Barriers to Change. Transition. Glossary. References.