Introduction

First, thank you for taking time from what I'm sure is a busy day, week, month, year, and full life to read what I have written. I decided to write One Sustainable Planet Powered by AI because I felt it needed to be written. As a people, the human race, we are at a crossroads, a nexus. We all have what feels like the entire world coming at us, all at once, every day—through our televisions, our computers, and our smartphones.

This can make it hard for any one of us to zoom out and see the entire theater of the world. The constant messaging makes it difficult to see how all of these things work together, work against each other, work against us, and, at times, work for us. That is where this book will focus—how we can all zoom out and untangle this mess and make the world work for the betterment of humanity.

What This Book Contains

Throughout the coming chapters you will read about the current state of the world, how we got where we are, my vision of how we move forward, and the thoughts of other visionaries in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitization.

I will go through the movement from the 2010s to the current day of companies that have integrated AI and digitalization extensively throughout their organization, subsequently experiencing stock prices averaging four times the performance of the S&P 500. Drawing on my experience and expertise, I will show how enterprises can transform using sustainable models with societal impact.

I will provide ...

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