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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.



Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things

Nothing new under the Sun

Oh, for a nice cold soda: the birth of the internet of things

The two-month, ten-man project to transform the world

Getting to grips with the jargon: symbolic and non-symbolic AI

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Ethics in AI

Choosing an ethical framework

The strange case of Asimov's laws

Free will and moral judgement

The confused Owl of Minerva: dangers of a moral vacuum

Who's in charge of the big bad wolf?

What should a declaration of AI rights look like?

Gender, Race, Culture and Fear

Gender issues in AI

Racial issues in AI

Cultural issues in AI

Fear and loathing in AI

The Thinker: Human Intelligence

Human intelligence: Carolus Linnaeus and his wise, wise men

So what is human intelligence?

Philosophy and intelligence: the framing of our thoughts

Other Modes of Intelligence: Thinking Outside the Human Box

Animal intelligence: Machiavellian sentience and the wisdom of the swarm

Plant intelligence: headless, brainless, dispersed intelligence

Microbial intelligence: gene-swapping revelry in the quorum

Ecosystem intelligence: systems thinking in the cathedral of thought

Systems are non-linear

Systems are emergent

Systems are sub-optimal

Systems rely of real-time feedback

Highway to Hell: The Existentialist Threat Facing Humankind

A brief history of our path towards destruction

The five clear road signs that point towards criticality

Why ecological damage matters to us

Adam Smith and his invisible hand

Kuznets and his curve: how ninety five percent speculation led us badly astray















Forget the Romans. What has AI ever done for us?

AI and economics: the best of things or the worst of things?

AI and society

AI and the environment

Technology and sustainability: bellicose bedfellows or Romeo and Juliet?



Imagining a New World

The swallow whose nest was stolen: a salutary tale

Blinded by the bling: dashboard dogs and a disappearing sea

What needs changed and what change do we need?

The chains that bind: taking responsibility for our footprints

The Ogiek people and the new, improved invisible hand

Lessons from the edge of the world: The St Kildan legacy

The Garden of Eden complex: how not to fix the world

The three cornerstones: diversity, resilience and integration

The central role of AI in feedback: shaping our new world



Barriers to Change

The five philosophical barriers

Structural barriers to change

The seven dragons: psychological barriers

How AI can help overcome these barriers



Transition

The nature of transition

Studies in transition

Why societal change is key

How to manage societal change

Requiem for the King of Phrygia



Glossary

References