AI in Anthropocene: Redefining Justice in Society for a Sustainable Future

The Anthropocene, a concept born of geological discourse, has evolved into a powerful framework for understanding profound impact of humanity on the Earth. While contested by some scientists, whether its socio-cultural significance persists or not, it is raising critical questions about how knowledge is produced, valued, and enacted in age of environmental crisis. This paper explores the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and justice in society for a sustainable future, within the context of the Anthropocene, focusing on the contested knowledges that shape our understanding of justice.

AI, as a transformative technology, both reflects and influences societal structures, including those related to justice. In this epoch of planetary change, the integration of AI into decision-making processes raises fundamental questions about whose knowledge is prioritized and whose voices are marginalized. By engaging with feminist and relational approaches to knowing, this paper seeks to explore how AI can either perpetuate or challenge existing power imbalances in the quest for justice.

Through the lens of sociology, it is examined, how AI might contribute to or hinder the pursuit of various forms of justice - environmental, legal, racial, gender, and interspecies etc. under the conditions of the Anthropocene. This paper argues that a sociological imagination is essential for engaging Anthropocene with the ethical implications of AI and for fostering a more inclusive dialogue about the future of justice in this new epoch. By integrating diverse forms of knowledge, AI can become a tool for reshaping societal norms and forging new pathways through it towards justice that reflect the complexities of living in a world profoundly altered by human activity.

This paper calls for rethinking of justice in Anthropocene which embraces the contested knowledges at the heart of environmental and technological future and ensure that AI serves as a catalyst for equitable and sustainable societal change.