With the climate crisis escalating faster than most people expected, one big questions to consider is whether advances in artificial intelligence will unlock new solutions to the problem. For all of the technology's potential, much will depend on how we, the humans, put it to use.
PS Quarterly regularly features predictions by leading thinkers and uniquely positioned commentators on a topic of global concern. Following the public release of powerful new generative AI models late last year, there has been a tidal wave of prognostication about the technology’s potential to transform entire economic sectors, scientific research, education, public-policy planning, and much else. With this broader debate in mind, we asked contributors to respond to the following prompt:
PS Quarterly regularly features predictions by leading thinkers and uniquely positioned commentators on a topic of global concern. Following the public release of powerful new generative AI models late last year, there has been a tidal wave of prognostication about the technology’s potential to transform entire economic sectors, scientific research, education, public-policy planning, and much else. With this broader debate in mind, we asked contributors to respond to the following prompt: