The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Author(s)
Vinuesa, Ricardo
Azizpour, Hossein
Leite, Iolanda
Balaam, Madeline
Dignum, Virginia
Domisch, Sami
Felländer, Anna
Langhans, Simone Daniela
Tegmark, Max Erik
Fuso Nerini, Francesco
Date Issued
2020
Journal
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Final published version
Abstract
© 2020, The Author(s). 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.
MIT Department
Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-019-14108-Y
