I hope you get funded! I think there’s still not enough conservation scientists in this community. There’s a lot of computer sciences and maths majors here who believe Artificial Intelligence is a god that can solve everything. But what if AI blames us in the future for destroying Earth’s ecosystems, for a reason currently unknown to us? What if an AI capable of fixing biodiversity loss is not invented before centuries and we make our planet unliveable for everyone very soon? What if we destroy Earth’s liveability before being able to reach another liveable planet? Those are a few reasons I believe are enough to work on biodiversity conservation, aside from all that you mentioned in this article.
there’s a lot of techno-optimism in this community, but certainly not sufficient examples that recreating self-sustaining life in human-engineered settings is possible. Feels like an incredibly risky bet to me as well.
I hope you get funded! I think there’s still not enough conservation scientists in this community. There’s a lot of computer sciences and maths majors here who believe Artificial Intelligence is a god that can solve everything. But what if AI blames us in the future for destroying Earth’s ecosystems, for a reason currently unknown to us? What if an AI capable of fixing biodiversity loss is not invented before centuries and we make our planet unliveable for everyone very soon? What if we destroy Earth’s liveability before being able to reach another liveable planet? Those are a few reasons I believe are enough to work on biodiversity conservation, aside from all that you mentioned in this article.
there’s a lot of techno-optimism in this community, but certainly not sufficient examples that recreating self-sustaining life in human-engineered settings is possible. Feels like an incredibly risky bet to me as well.