Anthea Roberts is a professor of international law and global governance as well as the founder of the startup Dragonfly Thinking. She is known for her work on contested global debates and the use of AI to augment human thinking in complex decision-making.
Depending on your point of view, AI may look like a liberating tool, an existential threat, an environmental disaster — or something else entir...
This analysis presents AI as a multifaceted phenomenon, resisting reduction to a single narrative. Roberts’ "dragonfly thinking" metaphor is apt—each perspective captures a partial truth, but none is complete. The Builders’ optimism about AI’s potential is tempered by the Displaced’s concerns about job losses, particularly among educated professionals, a shift from previous automation waves. The Geopolitical Hawks’ focus on U.S.-China competition contrasts with Power Critics’ warnings about corp...