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The Essay: From algorithms to oceans

Series 1, episode 4

Two years living at sea taught New Generation Thinker Kerry McInerney values which she wants to apply to the development of AI. Her Essay explores the 'sustainable AI' movement and looks at visions of the future in novels including Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan and Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl