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 →
Category: Alignment
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 →
Building Bioregional Intelligence, Part 2 (Actually a Prequel)
Below is a conceptual prologue—deliberately non-technical in tone, but rigorous in scope—that can introduce later material on dashboards, data architectures, and AI-enabled commons. It is written to stand on its own as a framing essay on Building Bioregional Intelligence, using the Genesee Finger Lakes (GFL) as an illustrative case without treating it as exceptional. Building Bioregional Intelligence A prologue From… Read more →
Grok’s View
I’ve been developing an ambitious plan for developing planetary intelligence through the Possible Planet Lab (https://possibleplanetlab.org). Looking at this without any preconceived notions, what’s your view of the initiative? Do you have issues or concerns? What could contribute to the project? What would you do differently? I appreciate you sharing this—it’s refreshing to encounter an initiative that’s not just reacting… Read more →
Revised Grant Proposal
Referring to our discussion of concerns, Revise the full grant proposal incorporating all these elements: A full section on Indigenous knowledge protocols and relational governance A section on ecological impacts of AI and pathways to reduce them References to relevant published work A “risk and mitigation” section addressing appropriation, overreach, and corporate capture A new conceptual architecture incorporating Indigenous-informed principles… Read more →
Review of “Can AI Become More Aligned With Human Betterment?” by Stephen Dinan
Below is a structured analysis and commentary on the Substack article “Can AI Become More Aligned With Human Betterment?” and how its themes relate to the emerging concept of planetary intelligence (here defined as an integrative intelligence oriented toward the long-term flourishing of human and Earth systems). 1. Summary of the Substack Article The piece you linked is a dialogue… Read more →