The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Ricardo Vinuesa (), Hossein Azizpour, Iolanda Leite, Madeline Balaam, Virginia Dignum, Sami Domisch, Anna Felländer, Simone Daniela Langhans, Max Tegmark and Francesco Fuso Nerini ()
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Ricardo Vinuesa: Linné FLOW Centre, KTH Mechanics
Hossein Azizpour: KTH Royal Institute Of Technology
Iolanda Leite: KTH Royal Institute Of Technology
Madeline Balaam: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Virginia Dignum: Umeå University
Sami Domisch: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Anna Felländer: AI Sustainability Center
Simone Daniela Langhans: Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
Max Tegmark: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francesco Fuso Nerini: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2020
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