# The kind of AI we actually need

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2026
- Speaker: Van Jones
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/van_jones_the_kind_of_ai_we_actually_need)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Social entrepreneur Van Jones believes a new human civilization is being born in real time — and that our technology is racing ahead of our wisdom. In this urgent and hopeful talk, he reframes the AI debate, showing why the real danger isn't the technology itself but rather the communities it leaves behind. His solution? A new deal between big tech and humanity, built on a different kind of "AI" that we desperately need.

## Lectures

1. [The kind of AI we actually need](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/van_jones_the_kind_of_ai_we_actually_need/777d8e9cca23), 16 min (TED's player)