# S.A.N (Sentient Advocate of Nature)

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition
- Speaker: GoodBye Monkey
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/goodbye_monkey_s_a_n_sentient_advocate_of_nature)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a universe not unlike ours, a tech-environmentalist group claims to have created an AI that is the direct “voice of the earth,” a computer connected via electrodes to the mycelium network under an ancient forest named S.A.N (Sentient Advocate of Nature). The film imagines what nature thinks of human impact on the planet, as a renowned reporter conducts a world-first interview with S.A.N.

## Lectures

1. [S.A.N (Sentient Advocate of Nature)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/goodbye_monkey_s_a_n_sentient_advocate_of_nature/a6624c688ab6), 11 min (TED's player)