The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Autor: Anna Felländer, Francesco Fuso Nerini, Madeline Balaam, Sami Domisch, Iolanda Leite, Virginia Dignum, Ricardo Vinuesa, Simone D. Langhans, Hossein Azizpour, Max Tegmark
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
FOS: Computer and information sciences
Artificial intelligence
Emerging technologies
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
020209 energy
Science
Sustainable Development Goals
General Physics and Astronomy
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Ethical standards
01 natural sciences
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

Computer Science - Computers and Society
Computers and Society (cs.CY)
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering

lcsh:Science
Productivity
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Sustainable development
Developing world
Multidisciplinary
business.industry
Computer Sciences
Computational science
General Chemistry
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
Energy efficiency
Datavetenskap (datalogi)
AI
Transparency (graphic)
Sustainability
Accountability
Perspective
lcsh:Q
Business
Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Nature Communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14108-y
Popis: The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert elicitation process, we find that AI can enable the accomplishment of 134 targets across all the goals, but it may also inhibit 59 targets. However, current research foci overlook important aspects. The fast development of AI needs to be supported by the necessary regulatory insight and oversight for AI-based technologies to enable sustainable development. Failure to do so could result in gaps in transparency, safety, and ethical standards.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more common in people’s lives. Here, the authors use an expert elicitation method to understand how AI may affect the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Databáze: OpenAIRE