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Our community has demonstrated how AI tools may be wielded to positively serve our planet, such as by advancing the Rights of Nature through decoding whale communication.

But the broader context cannot be ignored.

The explosive growth of AI, fueled by corporate ambition and massive investment, carries sweeping risks across every sphere of life. In essays adapted from their Bioneers panel, four long-time activists and technology watchdogs bring urgently needed perspectives to an increasingly pressing humanitarian question:

🔌 Progress at Any Cost? The False Promises of AI
By journalist and activist Koohan Paik-Mander, Co-Founder of the Tech Critics Network

🔌The True Cost of AI: Water, Energy, and a Warming Planet
By tech critic Paris Marx

🔌 The Illusion of Control: Deregulation, Legal Loopholes, and the Rise of AI
By environmental lawyer and activist Claire Cummings

🔌 Farming in the Dark: The Black Box of AI and the Erosion of Food Sovereignty
By anthropologist and farmer Soledad Vogliano, Program Manager at the ETC Group

Dive into the series to learn more about the world AI is shaping—and who it’s leaving behind 👉 https://buff.ly/RGkn8Ah