How can AI help address climate change and environmental issues?
Reviewed by Jason Burns, Editorial Steward · Last updated
AI can help address climate change by optimizing energy grids, forecasting renewable output, modeling climate systems, monitoring deforestation and emissions from satellite data, discovering new materials for batteries and carbon capture, and reducing waste in industrial processes. As International Energy Agency (IEA), put it on the record: "Electricity consumption from data centres, artificial intelligence and the cryptocurrency sector could double by 2026."