 According to Cave, what issue does AI development share with climate change threats?
It is bringing together a diverse community of some of the world's best researchers, philosophers, psychologists, lawyers and computer scientists. Harry Armstrong, head of futures at Nesta, which publishes The Long + Short, spoke with Cave about the impact of AI. Stephen Cave: Thinking about the impact of AI is not something that any one discipline owns or does in any very systematic way. The current dominant political and economic ideologies, along with growing isolationist sentiment, runs contrary to the bipartisan, collaborative approaches needed to solve global issues like climate change. One of the dominant narratives around not only AI but technology and automation more generally is that we, as humans, are at the mercy of technological progress.
 Those in charge of climate change threats and AI don't experience societal costs sustained from negative outcomes
 Western industries rely too much on certain materials and technology to abandon use of AI and things like fossil fuels  Those in charge of climate change threats and AI don't experience societal costs sustained from negative outcomes  They inevitably contribute to a widening income disparity among the wealthy and those living in poverty  At a certain point, AI and responses to climate change will eradicate job positions that many humans currently fill