Can technology participate in solving the climate crisis? When it comes to energy waste optimisation, AI can step in and help. It can also optimise energy grids and make renewable energy sources more efficient. However, AI can’t tackle all problems related to the climate crisis and it is more often a short-term solution to a long-term problem. 

Sources:

How Can We Use AI To Address Global Challenges Like Climate Change? : Forbes

Electricity consumption worldwide in 2022, by leading country : Statista

Cal Fire now using artificial intelligence to fight wildfires : CBS News

Reducing Emissions from deforestation and degradation : Caisse des Depôts

Could AI help stop deforestation before it starts? : World Wildlife Magazine

IKI Project – An International Climate Initiative : Environmental Emergencies Centre

Mining for Data: The Extractive Economy Behind AI : Green European Journal

Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP : Emma Strubell Ananya Ganesh Andrew McCallum

Climate change : World Health Organization

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Have you already heard about AI-powered hiring practices?

Is this common practice reducing inequality or reinforcing discrimination? 

Some tech experts argue that AI can also be an opportunity to overcome all forms of bias, even those within humankind. 

Sources:

Racist technology in action: White only soap dispensers : Racism and technology centre

Amazon ditched AI recruiting tool that favored men for technical jobs : The Guardian

Meet Tengai, the job interview robot who won't judge you : BBC  

Solans, D., Beretta, A., Portela, M., Castillo, C. & Monreale, A. Human Response to an AI-Based Decision Support System: A User Study on the Effects of Accuracy and Bias.

What Really Happened When Google Ousted Temnit Gebru : Wired 

These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI : Rolling Stone

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AI has the potential to make certain diagnoses earlier and more accurately than human beings. However, some AI deployments in healthcare could harm us more than help us. 

For what concerns mental health care, the use of AI has revealed that there are still “significant gaps” in our ability to apply these models for this purpose. Nonetheless, people are already turning to AI chatbots for mental health support.

Sources:

Life expectancy at birth, total (years) : The World Bank

MB-SupCon: Microbiome-based Predictive Models via Supervised Contrastive Learning : Journal of Molecular Biology

Is B.M.I. a Scam? : The New york Times

The Role of AI in Drug Discovery: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies : The National Library of Medicine 

Using artificial intelligence to collect data on children’s eye diseases at the Central Eye Hospital : DIVE

AI Assisted Infant Eye Disease Screening: Early Detection is of Crucial Importance : Huawei

Lawsuits take aim at use of AI tool by health insurance companies to process claims : CBS News

Why AI is the new frontier in the battle to treat the male mental health crisis : The Telegraph

Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment : National Institute of Mental Health

A new frontier in mental health: Technology : US health News

Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in Recognizing Mental Disorders : National Library of Medicine

Racial Bias in Health Care Artificial Intelligence : NIHCM Foundation

Experts call for more diversity to combat bias in artificial intelligence : CNN News

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How AI can impact education? In some places like China, Artificial Intelligence already plays a role in teaching, grading and planning lessons for students. However, while navigating through AI, it is important to learn to discern what is trustworthy and what is not.

Sources 

Education in the age of artificial intelligence : The UNESCO Courier

The Evolution of Education: How AI is Reshaping Grading : The Princeton Review

Real teacher salaries in Europe are down. Which countries pay the highest and lowest wages? : Euronews.next

DALL-E: the Creative Process and the Art of Prompting : USC Career Centre

Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable? : AP News

The rise of AI fake news is creating a ‘misinformation superspreader’ : The Washington Post

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With the development in technology and implementation of Artificial Intelligence all over different sectors, some of us are left with the fear that our jobs will be replaced by technology. Is that the case? Maybe. But certain skills like critical thinking, interpersonal skills and empathy, are out of AI’s reach.

Sources: 

17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot: The Washington Post

Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work : Staff Discussion Notes No. 2024/001 ; International Monetory Fund

OECD Employment Outlook : OECDiLibrary

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It was in the 1950s that the term “Artificial Intelligence” was first coined at a research conference, and ever since then, till today, humans have been obsessed with one question: Will AI surpass humans? This episode takes you through the origin and development of AI from the early 1950s to the present.

Europod produces the series in the framework of the WePod project, co-funded by the European Commission, in partnership with AFP, Chora Media and Podium Podcasts.

Hosted by Madeleina Kay.

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AI and You is a 10-episode-long podcast series answering the burning questions revolving around the present and future impact of artificial intelligence on our lives.

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After five episodes focusing on Santorini, I now take a step back and take a look at overtourism on a European scale.

Dr. Antonio Paolo Russo shares his expertise on the problem, telling us that there is still a long way to go before effective policies are put into place at the European level.

So, could we do anything to solve the problem, as European citizens who love to travel? I invited my friends Lea & Melissa to share their points of view.

A podcast by Maëlle Julou for Sphera, available on the European podcast platform EuroPod and all listening platforms.

This co-production was supported by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union. Neither the European Union, nor the granting authority can, therefore, be held responsible for said opinions and viewpoints.

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In this episode, we talk about responsibility. Who should act to save Santorini? What are politicians doing? Who even cares?

When activists are doing most of the work voluntarily and without much resources, when municipalities are blocked by national governments, when investors are still building hotels in protected areas and individuals think saving Santorini is a lost battle, the island is certainly in need of a strong and collective movement to guarantee its sustainability.

A podcast by Maëlle Julou for Sphera, available on the European podcast platform EuroPod and all listening platforms.

This co-production was supported by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union. Neither the European Union, nor the granting authority can, therefore, be held responsible for said opinions and viewpoints.

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