AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
1: Introduction: Genius or Madness?
	AI for Earth
	A Game Changer?
	The Hatred of Tay
	A Critical Lens
	Seeing the Dark Side of AI
	The Book’s Contribution
	The Arguments Ahead
	In Search of Sustainability Pathways
I: The Global Political Economy of AI
	2: Datafying Life on Earth
		Datafication
		The Internet of Things
		Commodifying Data
		Addicting Data Producers
		Datafying Security
		A Cascade of Data
	3: The Rising Power of AI
		The Big Business of AI
		Big Tech in the United States
		The Self-Driving Market
		Servicing Social Media
		Revolutionizing Retail
		Big Tech in China
		The AI Military-Industrial Complex
		Artificial Intelligence in the Twenty-first Century
II: The Prospects and Limits of AI
	4: Conserving and Rewilding the Earth
		The Science of the Environment
		Tracking Overfishing
		Guarding the Rainforests
		Protecting Wildlife
		Saving Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
		Business Partnerships for AI Sustainability
		The Political Economy of AI and Conservation
	5: Enhancing Eco-Business
		Eco-Energy at Google
		Eco-Business at Amazon
		Advancing CSR with AI
		The Acceleration of Eco-Business
	6: Smart Products
		The Driverless Future
		The Costs of Driving
		A Future of Smart Homes
		Upgrading to Smart Living
		Mining for Smart Products
		The E-Waste of Smart Living
		The Political Economy of Smart Products
	7: Smart Cities and Farms
		Smart Cities
		Smart Cities in China
		The Limits of Smart Cities
		The Prospects of Smart Agriculture
		Smart Farm Equipment
		The Limits and Risks of Smart Farming
		The Limits of AI for Sustainability
III: The Dangers of AI
	8: Deepening Inequality and Injustice
		The Inequality of Earth Shares
		The Social Inequality of AI
		Machine Bias and Discrimination
		Furthering Social Sustainability
	9: Accelerating Extraction and Consumption
		The Climate Crisis
		AI and Climate Change
		Mining the Earth with AI
		The Problem of Consumption
		Supercharging Consumerism
		Turbocharging Profitability
	10: The Intelligent Eyes of Repression
		Suppressing Environmentalism
		Watching the Public
		The Globalization of Public Surveillance
		Surveillance of the Online World
		Tracking Digital Fingerprints
		Activism and the Power of AI
	11: Weapons of Destruction
		An AI Superpower?
		America’s AI Buildup
		China: A Future AI Power?
		The AI Power of Russia
		The Diffusion of AI Weapons
		Swarm Wars?
		An AI Cold War?
	12: Conclusion: Navigating the Shoals of Hubris
		The Perils of Promethean Thinking
		Toward State Governance of AI
		Toward “Good” Private Governance of AI
		The Movement for Responsible AI
		Confronting AI Capitalism
Notes
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	Chapter 8
	Chapter 9
	Chapter 10
	Chapter 11
	Chapter 12
Further Reading
	Artificial Intelligence (background)
		Artificial Intelligence (conservation)
		Artificial Intelligence (critiques)
		Artificial Intelligence (culture and education)
		Artificial Intelligence (employment)
		Artificial Intelligence (history)
		Artificial Intelligence (law)
		Artificial Intelligence (optimistic visions)
		Artificial Intelligence (weaponization of)
		Big Data
		Big Tech (critiques for a general audience)
		Business and AI
		Capitalism and Unsustainability
		Cloud Computing
		Deep Learning
		Driverless Vehicles
		Drone Warfare
		Electric Vehicles
		Ethics and AI
		Fourth Industrial Revolution
		Games and AI
		Global Environmental Crisis
		Global Environmental Governance
		Global Environmental Politics
		Internet of Things
		Machine Learning
		Online Addiction
		Online Gaming
		Online Retail Industry
		Political Economy of the Environment
		Private Environmental Governance
		Reinforcement Learning
		Robotics
		Science and Technology Studies
		Security and Digital Technology
		Singularity
		Smart Agriculture
		Smart Cities
		Social Media (Industry and Politics)
		Surveillance
		Sustainability (background)
		Sustainability (and business)
		Sustainability (and environmentalism)
		Sustainability (pathways toward)
		Technology (critiques)
		Technology and Sustainability
Index