The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence

Owen Gaffney (), Amy Luers, Franklin Carrero-Martinez, Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin, Felix Creutzig, Virginia Dignum, Victor Galaz, Naoko Ishii, Francesca Larosa, Maria Leptin and Ken Takahashi Guevara
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Owen Gaffney: Nobel Prize Outreach
Amy Luers: Microsoft Corporation
Franklin Carrero-Martinez: National Academy of Sciences
Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin: National Academy of Sciences
Felix Creutzig: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Virginia Dignum: Umeå University
Victor Galaz: Stockholm University
Naoko Ishii: University of Tokyo
Francesca Larosa: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Maria Leptin: European Research Council
Ken Takahashi Guevara: Instituto Geofísico del Perú

Nature Sustainability, 2025, vol. 8, issue 5, 467-469

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2025
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