Fighting Climate change with AI
16 maart 2023
Experts speak. A Robotics professor and a researcher in Applied Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University discuss how AI can aid in the fight against climate change
When you read the title, you might wonder: How can something as virtual and abstract as AI assist in combating something as vast and tangible as climate change? Fortunately, the speakers have developed a clever framework that makes this understandable and logical by breaking it down into three clear areas: understanding the problem, predicting the direction, and assisting in the required transformation.
1. Understand the Problem
What do we know for certain? CO2 levels are rising, and the greenhouse effect is real. However, data collection is not very detailed. In the ocean, AI aids in operating autonomous underwater robots equipped with sensors. Remote control is impractical because radio waves do not work underwater, making AI a useful tool for enabling independent navigation.