Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm! Especially as students, AI has become a huge part of our everyday lives. Most of you reading this blog will know exactly how you can use it to help you with your homeworkut this blog is here to show it has much better uses such as taking care of our awesome planet!
Firstly, AI is known for being excellent at observing patterns in data sets, making it a useful tool for satellites. It can help monitor different sea levels, forest fires and set up accurate climate predictions based on previously known databases. AI can efficiently detect any abnormalities or behaviour changes that could have an effect on the environment and can help to find a solution.
What makes AI so useful, is its adaptability and non-human aspect. It can be used in terrible weather conditions, which are dangerous for humans, such as collecting data in the Arctic winter or in extreme natural disasters.
Aside from that, AI can also be used to track methane emissions: the UN has set up the “International Methane Emissions Observatory” (IMEO). This organisation uses AI to mitigate emissions by linking known data with active decision-making and the publishing of global records. Therefore, reliable data sources have been recognized as the most important factor to concrete climate action.
Lastly, AI can be used in the industry to track carbon footprints of different companies and to compare which one is the most sustainable and eco-friendly. For large online businesses such as Amazon, Alibaba and Asos, this data is essential to recognize the immediate impact caused by excessive produce and distribution. This data collected by AI can also be used by individuals to monitor their own carbon footprint and purchases.
Hopefully you learnt a little more about AI. Although most of this doesn’t impact our lives directly, it is always beneficial to be aware of the current changing state of the environment and our use of evolving technology.
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Hi Mehek, excellent article looking at AI from a broader perspective than usual. Your article inspired me to interrogate my favourite AI companion for solutions, and ranking those solutions for feasibility in terms of time, cost, buy in and human capacity to implement. Thanks for raising the question. I wonder what dialogue will follow.