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How AI can Save or Destroy  the Environment

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KoteshwarReddy
How AI can Save or Destroy  the Environment

The fourth industrial revolution begins affecting many companies, as Artificial Intelligence Technologies are faster, more adaptable and more efficient and develop the world in a more digital way.

AI is the biggest economic-changer in the world. With its gradual increase in the scope of its demand, it is expected to reach all areas within the year 2030.

Artificial intelligence has quickly emerged as an active tool for environmental security and the maintenance of natural resources. Smart grid connection in cities can apply AI to control and control power supply. 

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Energy concerns:

The world's growing population also has an insatiable appetite for electricity. Although the share of renewables globally is increasing, the momentum behind fossil fuels means that they are not likely to disappear from energy mixes immediately.

AI is used for energy:

The Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory operated by Stanford University will Use Machine Learning and artificial intelligence to identify vulnerabilities in the network, harden them before failures occur, and restore power more quickly when failures occur. 

The system will first study part of the grid in California, analyzing data from renewable energy sources, battery storage and satellite imagery that can show where trees growing over power lines can cause problems in a storm.

 The goal is to develop a network that can automatically manage renewable energy without interruption and recover from system failures with little human involvement.

AI robots harvest solar and wave energy:

If we are going to fight climate change, we will have to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels like oil. Developers are turning to robots to help sustainably harvest energy and use it in industries and environments.

A great example is the Wave Glider from Liquid Robotics. It looks like a surfboard and has built-in solar panels, which collect solar energy as it moves along the surface of the ocean. It uses stored energy to propel and recharge the batteries necessary for its sensors.

Wave Glider applications include collecting high-resolution carbon dioxide samples from difficult locations to get a complete picture of global climate change.

AI robots help farmers survive droughts:

Our climate is changing every day, it affects our food sources. This is particularly true in the poorest countries and rural areas that cannot easily import food from other regions.

Using AI sensors and monitors, the robots can track plant growth and learn which species survive - and thrive - under difficult conditions. With the help of this data analysis, farmers can choose plants that have a higher chance of success, saving their income while feeding the people around them.

AI will save lives:

Take ongoing research on the Application of AI in medical sciences. The first lab results are nothing but positive. Samsung, for example, announced last year that its ultrasound devices can now identify breast cancer and even warn whether it is benign or malignant, using AI that analyzes ultrasound images. 

Similarly, using artificial intelligence-based on voice recognition and analysis, scientists have devised an early detection capability for the onset of Parkinson's disease, with a detection rate of 99%. Merck awarded huge cash prizes for discovering new drugs using AI.

In fact, there is a comprehensive research journal, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, dedicated to research on the application of AI in medicine, human biology, and healthcare. This rapid progress leads me to believe that within the next 10 years, there will be a faster and earlier diagnosis of all diseases at a much lower cost, and drugs and treatments will be much more effective. 

Doctors could routinely use artificial intelligence systems to get second opinions, and medical errors would be a thing of the past. This would save millions of lives around the world each year and dramatically improve the quality of medical outcomes.

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AI can  Destroy  the Environment:

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Global regulations:

While our world is a much smaller place than ever because of technology, this also means that artificial intelligence technology that requires new laws and regulations will need to be determined between various governments to enable safe and effective global interactions. Since we are no longer isolated from one another, AI-related actions and decisions in one country could very easily negatively affect others. We are seeing this already unfolding, where Europe has taken a robust regulatory approach to ensure consent and transparency, while the US and in particular China allow their companies to apply artificial intelligence much more liberally.

AI terrorism:

Similarly, there may be a new form of AI-enabled terrorism to grapple with: from the expansion of autonomous drones and the introduction of robotic swarms to remote attacks or the transmission of diseases via nanorobots. Our law enforcement and advocacy organizations will need to adapt to the potential threat they pose.

It will take time and extensive human reasoning to determine how best to prepare for a future with even more AI applications to ensure that even if there is a potential for adverse impacts with subsequent adoption, it is minimized as much as possible.

Artificial intelligence changes the rules of the game

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Everyone believes that artificial intelligence, which often encompasses machine learning and deep learning, is a "game changer" for climate change and environmental issues. The company's AI for Earth program has committed $ 50 million over five years to create and test new applications for AI. It will eventually help scale and commercialize the most promising projects.

Maria Uriarte, professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University, and Tian Zheng, professor of statistics at the Data Science Institute, received a grant from Microsoft to study the effects of Hurricane María on the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rich. Uriarte and her colleagues want to know how tropical storms, which can be aggravated by climate change, affect the distribution of tree species in Puerto Rico.

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Conclusion:

Despite the beneficial Uses of Artificial Intelligence, leading scientists and thinkers like Stephen Hawking, Nick Bostrom, and Elon Musk are warning us of the dangers of AI and the looming technological uniqueness.

Purely intelligent creatures, be they people or machines, are believed to be bad for humanity.

On the other hand, AI, by itself, does not seek to destroy humanity. Whether we use AI to augment ourselves, create new species, or use it to destroy lives, what we have built is completely in our hands, at least for now.

No matter the Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Environment to humanity, there is clearly no way to slow the pace of progress. Regardless of how many deponents oppose the AI, there is no way to stop its advance.

Future discussions will help steer AI for the better rather than the worse, but no matter what happens, there is certainly no way to stop the wheels of progress as they creep along.

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WRITTEN BY

Koteshwar Reddy

I am a Technology Asst. at USM. I share my knowledge about the latest advanced technologies.

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