The case for an AI that puts nature and ethics first, not humans

Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to bringing the biggest names in tech to showcase inspiring talks from those driving the future of technology this year? Tim Leberecht, who authored this piece, is one of the speakers. Check out the full'Impact' program here. On July 20, 1969, the first human landed on the moon. Fifty years later we are in desperate need for another "moonshot" to tackle some of the pressing and overwhelmingly big issues of our time -- from the climate crisis to the decline of democracy to the upheavals to our labor markets and societies caused by the rise of exponential digital technology -- especially Artificial Intelligence (AI). For the past decade, we put our faith in technology as the ultimate problem-solver, and any kind of innovation was tied to technological advances.