From healthcare to peacebuilding, AI holds real promise for the public good. But in 2025, the data paints a different picture: while economic applications are rapidly scaled and funded, socially driven AI remains limited in scope, often sidelined or under-resourced. This article takes a closer look at where AI is actually being deployed — and what that reveals about our collective priorities, power structures, and the kind of future we’re building.
As AI becomes more integrated into daily life, its most common use in 2025 isn’t productivity—it’s emotional support. What began as a tool for task management now listens, comforts, and simulates care. This article explores how artificial intelligence is subtly reshaping human connection. Beyond convenience lies a deeper dilemma: when machines mediate our most vulnerable moments, what happens to the ways we trust, connect, and care in an increasingly digital world?
Digital activism has transformed how we mobilize, resist, and demand change. But beyond tactics lies the challenge of not replicating the harm we seek to change. This article explores the difference between strategic and principled nonviolence in online spaces, drawing on insights from Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nonviolent Communication. It offers a powerful call to rehumanize our digital interactions and reclaim empathy as a radical force for transformation.
Artificial intelligence is often praised as a powerful ally in the fight against climate change. But as AI systems become more complex and widespread, so do their environmental costs. This article explores the double-edged relationship between AI and climate change — from energy consumption and e-waste to questions of power, accountability, and digital sustainability.
Driven by the growing complexity of digital threats, cybersecurity remains at the forefront of global discussions. Achieving sustainable digital peace, however, requires strategies that go beyond securing systems to address the root causes of online conflict. This article explores a more comprehensive approach towards digital peace by acknowledging the multifaceted nature of conflict, both online and offline.
Digital violence—ranging from personal attacks to large-scale manipulation—affects individuals, societies, and broader geopolitical dynamics. As digital violence becomes more entrenched, it risks fundamentally altering social norms and behaviors, potentially leading to long-term societal damage. This article delves into these widespread impacts and underscores the urgent need for strategies towards sustainable digital peace.
Have you ever considered how your likes and shares on social media could be enlisting you in an invisible war? Welcome to the age of information warfare, where digital platforms have become battlegrounds for shaping public opinion and social norms. This article explores how our online interactions contribute to this warfare, highlighting the urgent need for strategies to protect digital peace and uphold democratic foundations.
Digital Peace is an initiative by Alissa Chmiel to raise awareness around digitalization's impact on global peace.
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