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Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World?
Contributor(s): Skene, Keith Ronald (Author)
ISBN: 036743654X     ISBN-13: 9780367436544
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $37.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Machine Theory
- Mathematics | Arithmetic
- Science | Life Sciences - General
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.13" W x 9.25" (0.87 lbs) 276 pages
 
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A radical and challenging book which argues that artificial intelligence needs a completely different set of foundations, based on ecological intelligence rather than human intelligence, if it is to deliver on the promise of a better world. This can usher in the greatest transformation in human history, an age of re-integration. Our very existence is dependent upon our context within the Earth System, and so, surely, artificial intelligence must also be grounded within this context, embracing emergence, interconnectedness and real-time feedback. We discover many positive outcomes across the societal, economic and environmental arenas and discuss how this transformation can be delivered.

Key Features:

  • Identifies a key weakness in current AI thinking, that threatens any hope of a better world.
  • Highlights the importance of realizing that systems theory is an essential foundation for any technology that hopes to positively transform our world.
  • Emphasizes the need for a radical new approach to AI, based on ecological systems.
  • Explains why ecosystem intelligence, not human intelligence, offers the best framework for AI.
  • Examines how this new approach will impact on the three arenas of society, environment and economics, ushering in a new age of re-integration.