How AI, 5G and Data Science Can Influence Climatic Changes?
The recent issues of Australian and Amazon wildfires have raised a burning question – the technology that has been a major facilitator to human evolution and growth, could it not do anything to predict, manage or control such destruction? Its high time that technologies like AI, data science and 5G connectivity should take charge of climatic advancement as well.
The latest development in these technologies has shown some significant traits that can work for the betterment of the environment. Let’s see how they can serve nature and climate.
As noted by a report, the problem with climate change is that time is not on the side of humans — mankind has to find and implement some solutions relatively fast. That’s where AI could help. To date, there are two different approaches to AI: rules-based and learning-based. Both AI approaches have valid use cases when it comes to studying the environment and solving climate change. Rules-based AI is coded algorithms of if-then statements that are basically meant to solve simple problems. When it comes to the climate, a rules-based AI could be useful in helping scientists crunch numbers or compile data, saving humans a lot of time in manual labor. But a rules-based AI can only do so much. It has no memory capabilities — it’s focused on providing a solution to a problem that’s defined by a human. That’s why learning-based AI was created.
Moreover, learning-based AI is more advanced than rules-based AI because it diagnoses problems by interacting with the problem. Basically, learning-based AI has the capacity for memory, whereas rules-based AI does not.
When it comes to helping solve climate change, a learning-based AI could essentially do more than just crunch CO2 emission numbers. A learning-based AI could actually record those numbers, study causes, and solutions, and then recommend the best solution — in theory.
According to Huawei, 5G networks can play an important role in mitigating climate change. At an event, Dr. Hui Cao, Head of Strategy and Policy, Huawei EU, underlined that “climate change is here, and we cannot afford to ignore it. Just like digital, green is a horizontal aspect of policy and business.
