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Pro-Human standards for AI are common sense
A broad, diverse, and influential group of more than one million stakeholders and leaders have signed the Pro-Human AI Declaration, which was issued in New Orleans in March 2026. The Declaration notes we face a civilizational choice, where some leaders in AI have openly advocated for a race to replace human beings “as creators, counselors,… — read more
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We need to be smarter about AI
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it happened fast. For those of us who remember the days of the COVID pandemic, not long ago, AI was virtually nonexistent. In the last four years, hundreds of billions of dollars have been poured into development of AI infrastructure, large language models that support generative AI services, and the… — read more
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Earth system data will shape markets
Liberate Systems exists to identify and develop the operational ingredients of a sustainable everyday economy. We look for signals about major areas of needed innovation, to identify the questions and the technical capacities that need further exploration, to achieve these breakthroughs. Nearly all areas of human activity are lacking adequate embedded desision-related insights about the… — read more
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The Ephemeral Materials Challenge
Data will be intimately connected to the future of energy systems, but today’s AI platforms are unlikely to be the driver of energy-related data innovation. The reason for this is simple: energy systems will evolve to use less raw material, and to be more sustainable, lightweight, and distributed in their production and storage capacity; as… — read more
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Dehumanizing information is inherently risky
What do we lose by letting AI systems fabricate information based on probability? In order to make “generative artificial intelligence” work, companies exploring the capabilities of neural networks and large language models input massive amounts of material found online into their systems. This was described as “training”, and the companies that used this method have justified… — read more
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Statement on Risks of Artificial Superintelligence
From Liberate Systems and Geodesiq Strategies founder Joseph Robertson Geodesiq is founded on the principle that human intelligence—operating through cooperative scientific inquiry, and with an intentional focus on benefits to human wellbeing and planetary health—is the foundation for an informed, self-governing, innovative, and sustainably thriving society. To put it simply, if we know what we are doing,… — read more
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Climate intelligence needs more than AI
Artificial intelligence promises many potential breakthroughs. Among these is the ability to sift through large, diverse landscapes of data, to identify patterns that might not otherwise be visible. Another side of this is the delivery of real-time evolving forecasts and predictive insights that can make adaptive management more of an everyday practice. The core challenge… — read more
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Generative AI is not AI
The quest to develop “artificial intelligence” (AI) goes back much further than most of us realize. Many believed punchcard computers would constitute AI, and that everyday computation would transfer a significant portion of human intelligence out of the human brain and into machines. Mechanical looms programmed with punchcards in the late 18th century were thought… — read more
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The Bletchley Park Summit & the Quest for AI Safety
On November 1-2, 2023, heads of government and tech company leaders met at Bletchley Park, north of London, for the first ever Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit. The Summit considered the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) both “to transform and enhance human wellbeing, peace and prosperity” and “for serious, even catastrophic harm, either deliberate or unintentional”.… — read more
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