Explain how AI has unleashed unprecedented human creativity, as in the work of Deepa Chaudhary (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepachaudhary/), founder of GrantOrb. Find others who are using AI to ask the most challenging and important questions (including ways to get to even more important questions). Is it true that being rude or commanding is the most effective way to interact with AI systems,… Read more →
Author: Jonathan Cloud
How Can We Understand Ourselves Better?
I’d like to think about planetary intelligence as getting to know and understand ourselves better, from the planetary down to the bioregional, local, and personal level. If we can make available to everyone a sense of the whole—of Gaia, a miracle even without the fake spiritual trappings that some claim to have special access to—of the planet and all her… Read more →
An Outline for a Themed Dialogue at DSRE
Looking at https://youtu.be/op3ZP5RwS_M, help me refine an outline for a “themed dialogue” at the Design School for Regenerating Earth on planetary and bioregional intelligence, highlighting the important questions that the conversation should address. Here’s my thinking: (1) Background (working with AI on the Possible Planet book, wanting to understand AI’s highest potentials, David Grinspoon et al on “planetary intelligence”); (2)… Read more →
Biuoregional Intelligence (Gemini, 12/23/2025)
Bioregional intelligence is understanding and living within the ecological boundaries (watersheds, ecosystems) of your specific place, recognizing how nature’s patterns (water, land, species) shape human life, fostering local resilience, and integrating Indigenous wisdom to create sustainable cultures, moving beyond political borders to build deeper, place-based relationships for ecological health. It’s about seeing the world as interconnected life systems, connecting fragmented… Read more →
Refined Strategy for Launching the AI Integrity Checker (Claude Sonnet 4.5, 12/22/2025)
Executive Summary The AI Integrity Checker should launch as a targeted, credible demonstration rather than a comprehensive monitoring system. By focusing on a single high-profile case study—Claude’s development and safety evolution—you can tell a compelling story while building the technical foundation for broader work. Why Start with Claude (Anthropic)? 1. Rich Public Safety Narrative Anthropic has been exceptionally transparent about… Read more →
The Next Step
It seems to me that the next step for the lab is to develop a community of interest around the idea of planetary intelligence. It makes sense to have that be bioregional, as one of the first tasks is to build a practical example of bioregional intelligence using the Genesee Finger Lakes region. I’d like to extend an invitation to… Read more →
A Practical Research Program for Developing Planetary Intelligence
Saturday, December 20, 2025 First, a clarification of framing (important) Planetary intelligence is not an end goal. It is an ongoing capacity—like public health, democracy, or ecological stewardship—that must continuously adapt as conditions change. A more accurate statement is: Planetary intelligence is humanity’s developing ability to sense planetary conditions, understand their meaning, make collective decisions grounded in reality and fairness,… Read more →
The State of the World Forum’s “Center for Planetary Intelligence”
Review https://www.stateoftheworld.forum/the-center-for-planetary-intelligence and any related work or information you can find, and connect it with the work we have been doing at https://possibleplanetlab.org. Should we revise or revisit any of our proposed research program elements? What do you make of “cosmic intelligence”? Do we see convergences in the collective consciousness? Can we transcend some of the unresolved political conflicts we… Read more →
The Intelligence of Nature
Below is a synthesized, cross-disciplinary account of what we actually know—scientifically, philosophically, and empirically—about the intelligence of nature, and where the boundaries of that knowledge still lie. What We Know About the Intelligence of Nature 1. Nature is not random; it is organized, adaptive, and problem-solving Across biology, ecology, and Earth system science, one conclusion is no longer controversial: natural… Read more →
Gemini on “Building Bioregional Intelligence”
Building bioregional intelligence is the practice of developing a “terrain of consciousness”—a collective ability for communities to see, think, and act as part of their local ecological systems. It shifts focus from arbitrary political borders to natural boundaries like watersheds, soil types, and climate patterns to organize human activity regeneratively. Core Components of Bioregional Intelligence Watershed Consciousness: Understanding life through… Read more →