Environmental Slow AI: Design Principles for Generative Systems

Abstract

arXiv:2608.20398v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative AI (genAI) systems produce cultural artefacts at scale, but they also reflect embedded cultural values through their design. Once identified, these values become open to deliberate reshaping. This position paper examines the maximalist values of current generative AI through an environmental humanities tradition and proposes design principles in which environmental sustainability serves as the core value instead. The principles are devel