Humanity and AI: Collaborating for a Flourishing Planet Through Wise Decision-Making

Leonie Hallo (), Anastasia Hanzis and Caroline Rowe
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Leonie Hallo: Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Anastasia Hanzis: Business School, Athens University of Economics and Business, 10434 Athens, Greece
Caroline Rowe: Principal Consultant, CW Rowe Marketing Consultants, Brompton 5007, Australia

Challenges, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Our world now faces significant challenges including complex issues arising from human–machine interaction. This paper explores how we could address these challenges using a new approach called Cybernetics 3.0. This approach highlights human agency and the co-evolution of humans and machines, particularly regarding how we make decisions. Rather than viewing machines as separate from people, Cybernetics 3.0 views machines as extensions of human action, which is vital in our complex world. This paper argues that when this approach is combined with advanced Web 3.0 technologies, we can create better decision-making systems that integrate both human values and machine capabilities. This paper uses diagrams to illustrate how human and machine decision-making are interconnected and provides a healthcare example to demonstrate the practical value of this framework. Through a holistic and systems thinking approach, we can foster sustainable and wise decisions that will promote human flourishing and planetary health. The discipline of cybernetics is a promising way to better understand the interaction between humans and technology via its focus on systems of control, human–AI learning and communication, feedback loops, self-regulating systems, and knowledge enhancement in humans and machines. Ultimately this approach could help us to address critical issues such as inequality, climate change, and other complex threats to our planet and society.

Keywords: Cybernetics 3.0; feedback loops; human–machine interaction; human–machine decision-making; holistic view; systems thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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