 Welcome to the AI for Good Global Summit and I'm now delighted to be joined by Mariba Ja, who's a space environmentalist. Now, the first question everyone who's watching is going to ask is, what is a space environmentalist? Look, that's a correct question. I mean, in terms of the space environment, I'm really focused on near-Earth orbital space. We have lots of human-made objects in that space and we have these orbital highways that are becoming more and more congested because we keep on launching stuff but it takes stuff a really long time to not be there anymore. And so 1957, we launched our first satellite. At this point, we're tracking about 50,000 objects ranging in size from a cell phone to the space station. So this space, because it's a finite resource, is in need of environmental protection much like land, air, and ocean. So that's what space environmentalism is about, protecting that as an ecosystem unto itself. I understand that. So what's that got to do with coming to this AI for Good Global Summit? So the thing about coming to the AI for Good Global Summit is that we can't achieve sustainability and environmentalism in the absence of machines. Machines are here to help. We have massive amounts of heterogeneous data and information. There's no way for humans to just comb through that on our own. The things that machines are good with is once you have that aggregated set of data, find causal relationships and even correlations through this data cube and then allow humans to provide context to those things. So I'm here to basically raise awareness and see how I can make connections with people that are working with machines to help them in this endeavor. And so does AI have a role to play in cleaning up space? It does have a role in cleaning up space. I mean, for one, because Gaia Mother Earth is a system of systems, land, air, ocean and space, we don't understand all the interdependencies. We don't understand all the causal relationships. And I think before we come up with solutions, we have to really understand the problem and understand what are the things that cause these consequences that we see with climate change and that sort of stuff. And once we can understand the causes, then we can make some informed decisions and that's where AI comes into play. Okay. Why do we even need to clean up debris from space? So out of the 50,000 objects that we track, about 5,000 are working satellites providing global internet, communications, financial transactions. Basically our way of life is very much supported by space-based infrastructure. None of these satellites are protected from harm from getting schwacked by a piece of garbage. And so that's why we need to be careful with not continuing to pollute space because we could lose these valuable services and capabilities that we depend upon on a daily basis. The UN, as you know, is pushing for sustainable development goals. Where do you come into that? Yeah. So when it comes to these SDGs, I'm focused more on just looking at how our behavior collectively is like us choosing self-extinction. I look at traditional ecological knowledge that comes from indigenous people, these principles of how these indigenous people, believing in interconnectedness and embracing stewardship as a way of life can actually achieve sustainability. And how can we learn from ancient tech on how to use our high tech and deep tech? Okay. And finally, as we go forward 10 years from now, what would you say is the most exciting in your field, the most exciting possibilities with AI? I think one of the most exciting possibilities with AI is for AI to help humanity see evidence of interconnectedness so that we can stop believing ourselves to be independent and say that's not my problem. When people say that's not my problem, they feel independent from things. I think machines will show us that the problems that exist with the world in space are everybody's problem. Well, Mariba, that was really fascinating. Thanks very much. So that was Mariba Jha, a space environmentalist, and we'll have much more here on the AI for Good Global Summit.