LEADER 01229oam 2200373zu 450 001 9911006695303321 005 20210806235953.0 010 $a1-60119-224-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000327190 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000071579 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12006746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071579 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10090694 035 $a(PQKB)11695436 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000327190 100 $a20160829d1999 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCivil, Commercial and International Remote Sensing Systems and Geoprocessing 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cAmerican Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics$d1999 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-884989-07-1 606 $aEngineering$xElectronics 615 4$aEngineering$xElectronics 700 $aGlackin$b David L$01823612 702 $aPeltzer$b Gerard R 712 02$aAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911006695303321 996 $aCivil, Commercial and International Remote Sensing Systems and Geoprocessing$94390373 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04744nam 22006255 450 001 9911002546103321 005 20250513130327.0 010 $a9783031900426 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-90042-6 035 $a(CKB)38776186000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-90042-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32110185 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32110185 035 $a(OCoLC)1524420686 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938776186000041 100 $a20250513d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClimate Change in the Age of Artificial Intelligence $eNature, Culture and the Politics of Technology /$fby Alexandru Balasescu 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XXXII, 166 p. 28 illus., 25 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aArtificial Intelligence, Simulation and Society,$x3004-9830 311 08$a9783031900419 327 $aIntroduction: Between Nature and Technology -- ACT I: HERE AND NOW -- What?s (the) Matter? -- Body Matters -- Culture Matters -- ACT II - PAST TRACES OF THE FUTURE -- Knowing Nature -- Data, Facts, Reality -- Survey and Reward -- ACT III - WHERE TO? -- AI and diverse ways of knowing -- The Non-human Stakeholders -- What Now?. 330 $aThis book invites the reader to follow seemingly unrelated paths towards the same goal: making sense of what it means to be human in a world that casually blends discourses on nature, technology, and biology with ideas of progress, optimization and their capitalization at the centre. The author critically analyses current thinking which often looks at technological solutions to the challenges posed by climate change, and where artificial intelligence is instrumental in fulfilling the promise of ecological capitalism. He instead advocates that we take a closer look at the politics of optimization within and outside managerial perspectives, which could reveal that one of the main sources of our repeated failures related to governance and climate change lies not intrinsically in the qualities of the tools we use, but in the underlying assumptions with which we design, and in the scope of their use. Therefore, the book looks at possible solutions for humanity that may lie between the rock of technology and the hard place of nature. That is, it asks for a revision in our implicit assumptions for building our tools; critiques the thinking about our relationships with them; and re-assesses their use. Richly documented, imaginatively argued, and captivatingly written, this book explores unexpected entanglements of nature, culture, and technology that emerge in A.I.?s unruly and unforeseen trajectories. - George Paul Meiu, Professor of Anthropology, University of Basel Balasescu develops wide-ranging thick-descriptions that provocatively draw together lotus flowers and data banks, snakes and algorithms to delve into how bodies, cultures and power are invisibly ensconced in every aspect of the digital realm.< - Susan Ossman, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California Riverside This important work traces the evolution and development of the paradigms that made artificial intelligence possible and perhaps even inevitable. - Guy Nasmyth, Associate faculty, Royal Roads University Alec Balasescu skillfully broadens our horizons for not just nuanced thinking and diverse ways of knowing, but in a fast-changing landscape how we might more consciously choose to act and relate to nature. - Wanda Krause, award-winning author, program head Global Leadership and associate professor, Royal Roads University. 410 0$aArtificial Intelligence, Simulation and Society,$x3004-9830 606 $aHuman ecology 606 $aSocial policy 606 $aEnvironmental sciences$xSocial aspects 606 $aSustainability 606 $aEnvironmental Anthropology 606 $aSocial Policy 606 $aEnvironmental Social Sciences 606 $aSustainability 615 0$aHuman ecology. 615 0$aSocial policy. 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSustainability. 615 14$aEnvironmental Anthropology. 615 24$aSocial Policy. 615 24$aEnvironmental Social Sciences. 615 24$aSustainability. 676 $a304.2 700 $aBalasescu$b Alexandru$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01821102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911002546103321 996 $aClimate Change in the Age of Artificial Intelligence$94384625 997 $aUNINA