What Kind of Intelligence Does Earth Need?
As AI development accelerates, humanity faces a critical choice: will we build machines to dominate—or to steward? In this opinion piece, Martín Wainstein, founder of the Open Earth Foundation, explores the vision of Gaia AI—a planetary-scale intelligence inspired by living systems and designed to protect life rather than power. Drawing on climate science, AI ethics, and emerging research frontiers, the article calls for reimagining artificial intelligence not as a tool of control, but as a partner in planetary resilience.
