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AI IN THE WILD One Planet Sikina Jinnah and Simon Nicholson, series editors Peter Dauvergne, AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Vincent Ialenti, Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now AI IN THE WILD SUSTAINABILITY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PETER DAUVERGNE THE MIT PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND © 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in ITC Stone and Avenir by New Best-set Typesetters Ltd. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Dauvergne, Peter, author. Title: AI in the wild : sustainability in the age of artificial intelligence / Peter Dauvergne. Other titles: Artificial intelligence in the wild Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] | Series: One planet | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019057051 | ISBN 9780262539333 (paperback) Subjects: LCSH: Artificial intelligence—Social aspects. | Artificial intelligence— Economic aspects. | Sustainable development. Classification: LCC Q334.7 .D38 2020 | DDC 303.48/34—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057051 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Cayte CONTENTS SERIES FOREWORD ix PREFACE xi 1 INTRODUCTION: GENIUS OR MADNESS? 1 PART I: THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AI 2 DATAFYING LIFE ON EARTH 23 3 THE RISING POWER OF AI 35 PART II: THE PROSPECTS AND LIMITS OF AI 4 CONSERVING AND REWILDING THE EARTH 53 5 ENHANCING ECO-B USINESS 71 6 SMART PRODUCTS 85 7 SMART CITIES AND FARMS 101 PART III: THE DANGERS OF AI 8 DEEPENING INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE 119 9 ACCELERATING EXTRACTION AND CONSUMPTION 133 10 THE INTELLIGENT EYES OF REPRESSION 147 viii Contents 11 WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION 163 12 CONCLUSION: NAVIGATING THE SHOALS OF HUBRIS 179 NOTES 197 FURTHER READING 235 INDEX 249
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