  The anthropocentric cultural idea that humans are active agents exerting
control over their environments has been largely normalized and inscribed in
practices, policies, and products of contemporary industrialized societies.
This view underlies a human-ecology relationship based on resource and
knowledge extraction. To create a more sustainable and equitable future, it is
essential to consider alternative cultural ideas rooted in ecological thinking.
This perspective underscores the interconnectedness between humans and
more-than-human worlds. We propose a path to reshape the human-ecology
relationship by advocating for alternative human-AI interactions. In this
paper, we undertake a critical comparison between anthropocentrism and
ecological thinking, using storytelling to illustrate various human-AI
interactions that embody ecological thinking. We also delineate a set of design
principles aimed at guiding AI developments toward fostering a more caring
human-ecology relationship.
