Converging Frontiers in Bioethics: Navigating the Ethical Nexus of CRISPR, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Responsibility

The accelerating convergence of CRISPR-based gene editing, artificial intelligence (AI), and environmental responsibility is reshaping the ethical landscape of modern biosciences. All the areas of development have significant ethical issues on their own, but their intersection creates multifaceted challenges related to ecological stewardship, algorithmic transparency, genomic justice, and intergenerational equity. This review explores these interconnected ethical frontiers by critically analyzing recent scholarship and global policy developments. We claim that none of those traditions in the field of bioethics are sufficient to meet the reality of these convergent technologies, which are both systemic and global. Rather, a planetary or integrative and anticipatory bioethics framework should be implemented, one which is focused on sustainability, inclusion, and justice. Mappings of this nexus of synergies and tensions provide a valuable guide to ethical governance and proceed to outline a route map of how to embed scientific innovation in the principles of human dignity and ecological integrity that is the concern of this review.