Working with the Intelligence of Life
Every time we go online, AI is there. Whether we want it to or not, AI is becoming part of our everyday lives. In many cases, it is incredibly convenient—the machine knows! In other situations, it’s enormously unsettling—how can a machine know that? And then there’s the question: Are there other forms of intelligence besides AI? There is the intelligence of life. Ernst Zürcher knows this. Trees are living witnesses to annual rhythms, pulsations of cosmic forces. They are also …
Ueli Hurter · 17 June 2026 · 1 min