While some argue that AI can potentially be useful or even indispensable in 'green transitions', important questions remain open. Should AI only be used in resolving specific problems (for example, intelligent pollinating robots replacing a declining bee population), or should it be employed in 'governing' the sustainability of complex socioeconomic systems such as mobility,orfood or energy s upply? While the latter option is currently technically unattainable and may be ethically dubious, it marks the axis of a political debate about possible synergies between sustainability and AI.