Natural Intelligence
Thus symbiosis provides one of the most powerful, empirical counterpoints to all our horror stories about the development of opaque technological infrastructures, of systems of analysis, determination and control, of dangerously asymmetrical intelligences and power relationships. It simply doesn’t have to be this way and, moreover, it doesn’t want
... See moreJames Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
As we grow accustomed to the empathetic nuances of AI companionship, our capacity for cross-species empathy may also deepen. AI-guided programs could facilitate animal-assisted therapy, integrate biophilic design into our living spaces, and help us interpret and respond to the needs and signals of the natural world.
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Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
This, then, is how we might become aware of real intelligence: that is, the kind that exists everywhere and between everything. It is made evident not by delineating and defining, not by splitting, reducing, isolating and negating, but by building, observing, relating and feeling. Intelligence, when we perceive it at play in the world, is not a
... See moreJames Bridle • Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence
This realization allows us to begin the core task of a technological ecology: the reintegration of advanced human craft with the nature it sprung from.
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
