Nature Communications· 2020Q1
The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly aid in achieving 134 targets across all Sustainable Development Goals, but it also poses a risk of inhibiting 59 targets, according to a consensus-based expert assessment.
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Key points
- AI can enable 134 targets across all Sustainable Development Goals.
- AI may also inhibit 59 targets.
- Current research overlooks important aspects of AI's impact on SDGs.
- Regulatory insight and oversight are crucial for AI to enable sustainable development.
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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.
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