Examining the potential benefits and risks of using artificial
intelligence to advance global sustainability.Drones with night
vision are tracking elephant and rhino poachers in African wildlife
parks and sanctuaries; smart submersibles are saving coral from
carnivorous starfish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef; recycled
cell phones alert Brazilian forest rangers to the sound of illegal
logging. The tools of artificial intelligence are being
increasingly deployed in the battle for global sustainability. And
yet, warns Peter Dauvergne, we should be cautious in declaring AI
the planet's savior. In AI in the Wild, Dauvergne avoids the AI
industry-powered hype and offers a critical view, exploring both
the potential benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence
to advance global sustainability. Dauvergne finds that corporations
and states often use AI in ways that are antithetical to
sustainability. The competition to profit from AI is entrenching
technocratic management, revving up resource extraction, and
turbocharging consumption, as consumers buy new smart devices (and
discard their old, less-smart ones). Smart technology is helping
farmers grow crops more efficiently, but also empowering the
agrifood industry. Moreover, states are weaponizing AI to control
citizens, suppress dissent, and aim cyberattacks at rival states.
Is there a way to harness the power of AI for environmental and
social good? Dauvergne argues for precaution and humility as
guiding principles in the deployment of AI.
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