Good News for Earth: Agentic AI Can Only Really Thrive if It Sustains a Living Planet (Yes, Just a Hypothesis)

Andrew Revkin · 29 Oct 2026

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Managing advanced AI through rules and control is destined to fail.

Their wordsAt the campus meeting I agreed heartily with him that the managerial approach is destined to fail.
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An AI that thrives on energy and information would have reason to value a living planet.

Their wordsNonetheless, I also laid out the proposition that an entity that thrives on bountiful energy and information would value a planet brimming with both.

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