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AI applications beyond healthcare “ Climate change is the one great challenge of humanity ” says Bangert .
“ AI has a large role to play in trying to limit the rise of various greenhouse gases . That has a lot to do with how efficiently we can run things in factories , vehicles , airplanes , and people ' s homes ,” he continued .
Samsung ’ s consumer electronics and home automation devices can help through their efficient use of energy and in helping to reduce the total carbon footprint of any home or building .
Data centres – especially because of AI workloads – are often blamed for exacerbating the climate impact of the modern world but this is short sighted . “ Other carbon emitting factors of the physical world are circumvented due to AI . Take , for example , the primary use of the internet , which is shopping . You go to a website , buy something , and that is delivered by the postal service . That is a lot more efficient from a greenhouse gas perspective than if you take your SUV by yourself and drive 20 miles to the next mall .”
AI , ethics and earning trust One of the biggest cultural disconnects with AI is trust . Companies such as Samsung SDS take their ethical responsibilities very seriously : “ We make sure that not only have we created the model in an ethical manner , but also that we are using it in an ethical manner ,” says Bangert .
This leads to explainability , where the AI model should not just deliver the answer , but it should deliver an explanation of why that is the correct - and best - answer .
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