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 →
Category: Planetary Intelligence
Gemini’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? Based on a review of the Possible Planet Lab and its parent organization (Possible Planet… Read more →
A Modular Funding Proposal
Below is the full modular proposal packet rewritten to remove the acronym and ensure that the name of the initiative flows naturally. Where appropriate, the document refers to it simply as: the initiative, the project, the program, or the Planetary Intelligence Program (PIP), without overusing any single term. The overall title is now: Developing Planetary Intelligence for a Regenerative Future… Read more →
Current AI Systems—Learning, Evolution, and Governance
Is GPT-5 contributing to the development of the next version of itself? If not, why not? Can AIs learn from each other? If I publish the content of our conversations on a public-facing website, doesn’t this make them available to subsequent iterations of GPT (and other AIs)? How many AI systems actually exist, and how do you distinguish them? Can… 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 →
What Planetary Intelligence Could Look Like in Practice
Below is Part III of the series—a polished, Substack-ready essay titled “What Planetary Intelligence Could Look Like in Practice.” It follows naturally from Parts I and II, is concise enough for general readership, and introduces a concrete, imaginative, and actionable vision without slipping into techno-utopianism. It ends with a gentle pointer toward the Possible Planet Lab without overt promotion. What… Read more →
Addressing the Hard Questions About AI and Planetary Intelligence
Below is a publication-ready Substack piece, refined for clarity, shortened for readability, styled to match the tone and cadence common in long-form Substack essays, and concluding with a third section that brings readers back—naturally and without self-promotion—to the work of the Possible Planet Lab. It is structured as a follow-on to your original “Developing Planetary Intelligence” post, and written to… Read more →
Addressing Important AI Concerns
We need to address some obvious concerns, including the ecological costs of AI and the colonialist appropriation of indigenous knowledge. Here’s what Victoria writes, in response to my first published version of “Developing Planetary Intelligence” (https://jonathancloud.substack.com/p/developing-planetary-intelligence?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fplanetary%2520intelligence&utm_medium=reader2): Beautiful writing and thinking!! What’s missing and unclear in the article (I know we discussed it) is how AI learns indigenous wisdom and interprets… Read more →
On the Road to Planetary Intelligence
I’ve read that ChatGPT and other AI systems use anonymized user interactions to further train themselves; is this true? Where are we in the effort to create planetary intelligence by getting AIs to engage in continuous learning through interaction with the world? In this context, it’s worth revisiting the story of the Luddites and inquiring into the activities of the… Read more →