How AI intersects with Sustainability and Business: A Conversation with Amy Luers
56mGeneral2024-05-09
Authors
Nick Brazzi
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author
Course details
Researcher and sustainability advocate Amy Luers joins LinkedIn Learning Staff Instructor Nick Brazzi for an in-depth conversation about the role AI can play in facing environmental sustainability challenges. This interview will expand on concepts from Amy’s LinkedIn Learning course, “An Introduction to AI Sustainability,” as well as her recent paper, “Will AI Accelerate or Delay the Race to Net-Zero Emissions,” from the journal Nature.
Learning objectives
Understand the challenges and potential benefits of using AI for sustainability
Clarify how AI can be put to work to achieve climate goals
Contextualize the impacts and possible contributions of AI
Learning objectives
Understand the challenges and potential benefits of using AI for sustainability
Clarify how AI can be put to work to achieve climate goals
Contextualize the impacts and possible contributions of AI
Skills covered
Sustainable Business StrategyBusiness StrategyArtificial Intelligence for BusinessBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - AI as a tool for sustainability and climate research
1. Sustainability Goals, Challenges, and Opportunities
- 02 - Challenges and bottlenecks for reaching sustainability goals
- 03 - An overview of how AI can help
- 04 - Real-world example - Sub-seasonal weather forecasting
- 05 - Do the benefits outweigh AI's power demands
- 06 - Electricity use alone is not the problem
- 07 - Focusing on carbon intensity
2. The Role of AI in the Race to Net-Zero Emissions
- 08 - What is the role of AI in achieving net-zero emissions
- 09 - Adapting to changes in AI capabilities
- 10 - How do you influence international policy-makers
3. The Work Ahead
- 11 - Who benefits from AI and sustainiability awareness
- 12 - Is AI the ultimate solution to climate change
- 13 - Conditions to ensure a positive outcome
- 14 - Overcoming political and cultural challenges
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