The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence
Summary
At a time when the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions precipitously, artificial intelligence (AI) brings large opportunities and large risks. To address its uncertain environmental impact, we propose the ‘Earth alignment’ principle to guide AI development and deployment towards planetary stability.
Affiliated research theme or topic:
Transformative futures
Link to centre authors:
Galaz, Victor
Publication info: Owen Gaffney, Amy Luers, Franklin Carrero-Martinez, Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin, Felix Creutzig, Virginia Dignum, Victor Galaz, Naoko Ishii, Francesca Larosa, Maria Leptin, Ken Takahashi Guevara. 2025. The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01536-6
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