Counter intelligence: Ruth Jones on AI

‘What if a conscious AI could be what it takes to save humanity from itself?’

by Ruth Jones 23rd June 2023

My first formal job, pre-internet, was at the Centre for Our Common Future, set up to network global environment and development NGOs. I left because I couldn’t see any truth or integrity in the ‘sustainable’ development trope, which just looked like a flaccid greenwash for ‘don’t make anyone give anything up’. Since then, I have watched despairingly as the climate crisis has gathered pace.