Climate change

Can we AI our way to a more sustainable world?

Can we AI our way to a more sustainable world?

Microsoft experts Doug Burger, Amy Luers, and Ishai Menache discuss the dual role of AI in sustainability. They analyze the environmental footprint of datacenters and explore how AI-driven optimization and materials discovery can be pivotal in decarbonizing global systems like energy, industry, and food production.

935: Global Issues Accelerated by AI (with Solutions), feat. Stephanie Hare

935: Global Issues Accelerated by AI (with Solutions), feat. Stephanie Hare

Researcher Stephanie Hare discusses the need for a guiding ethos in AI, similar to the Hippocratic Oath, to balance innovation with harm reduction. She explores the challenges of regulating technology, the degradation of the internet with AI-generated content, and the critical collision between AI's infrastructural demands and the climate crisis.