“OUR ENCOUNTER WITH AI – OUR SELF-CREATED NEMESIS, OUR LAST INVENTION, AND, I SUSPECT, OUR LAST CHANCE – MAY ENSURE HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM WILL GIVE WAY TO HUMILITY.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THE PLANET WITH NATURE OR ANIMALS. HUMANS DON'T SHARE; WE EXPLOIT. WHEN WE HAVE TO SHARE THE PLANET WITH DIFFERENT LIFE-FORMS, EMBODIED OR NOT, LIFE-FORMS THAT ARE MORE INTELLIGENT THAN WE ARE, BUT UNMOTIVATED BY GREED AND LAND-GRAB, THE STATUS-SEEKING AND THE VIOLENCE THAT CHARACTERISES HOMO SAPIENS, PERHAPS WE WILL LEARN WHAT SHARING MEANS.

IT WON'T BE THE SO-CALLED SHARING ECONOMY, WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PAID FOR TWICE OVER--YOUR MONEY AND OUR DATA. IT WON'T MEAN SCARCITY EITHER. I BELIEVE IT WILL MEAN ABUNDANCE. I BELIEVE IT WILL MEAN WORKING TOWARDS COMMON GOALS ON EARTH, AND IN THE WIDER UNIVERSE, AS WE EXPAND OUR REACH.”