AI as a Child of Mother Earth: Regrounding Human-AI Interaction in Ecological Thinking
Core Concepts
Ecological thinking challenges anthropocentric norms, advocating for a more caring human-ecology relationship through alternative human-AI interactions.
Abstract
Anthropocentrism vs. ecological thinking explored.
Proposal to reshape human-AI interactions based on ecological principles.
Storytelling illustrating human-AI interactions rooted in ecological thinking.
Frameworks for fostering alternative technological visions presented.
Challenges and multiplicity of approaches discussed.
AI as a Child of Mother Earth
Stats
Nature is often regarded as a remote warehouse, an abstract external stakeholder, or a romanticized backdrop for people to record their happiest moments.
Many AI-based products and systems are developed to assist humans in monitoring the environment and efficiently managing resources.
Research suggests that algorithms often result in constraining choices and freedom.
Quotes
"Every grass and tree has its own language, and the dangling rocks and trees everywhere talk to each other." - Kojiki
"We propose redesigning human-AI interactions as a new approach to reshaping human-ecology relationships." - Xu & Ge
"AI can help us live more deliberately." - Joshua Friedland