Lena Schröder is pursuing a master’s degree in Science, Media, and Communication at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) while working at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS). Through her studies, she has gained interdisciplinary experience at the interface of cognitive science, machine learning, AI ethics, and sustainability research. She is particularly interested in the social and ecological implications of AI systems in the context of sustainable transformations, as well as the ideologies behind AI.
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Beyond AI Futurism: A Socio-Ecological Vision for AI
We must engage in a deliberate act of political imagination: to recognise that AI’s path is not predetermined by Big Tech, but is contested terrain – a technology that can either concentrate power or strengthen democracy, accelerate ecological collapse or support sustainability.
November 4, 2025