"With the right approach, AI can be a powerful tool for creating a better world."
That from a post at MIT Technology Review, which looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to tackle some of the world's biggest problems.
The post focuses on "social impact investing," which aims to generate a measurable social or environmental impact along with a financial return.
Here are six ways AI could be used to tackle these problems: The US Department of Defense is using AI to identify military bases that are at risk of falling into disrepair.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is using the technology to figure out which buildings are at risk of falling into disrepair and then making recommendations to the Pentagon.
The US Army Corps of Engineers is using AI to figure out which buildings are at risk of falling into disrepair and then making recommendations to the Army Corps of Engineers.
The UN is using AI to figure out which disasters are most likely to occur and then making recommendations to the International Criminal Court.
The World Bank is using AI to figure out which countries are most likely to be affected by climate change and then making recommendations to the International Monetary Fund.
AI-powered drones can be used to monitor wildlife and predict natural disasters, while AI algorithms can be used to predict and prevent natural disasters
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.