Author: Michael Y

By Michael Yao, Sidwell Friends School Artificial Intelligence is an incredibly powerful tool that has garnered a somewhat infamous reputation for its role in the targeted ads and eerily specific content recommendations of the modern world. However, AI’s aptitude at solving complex problems and rapid adaptation can also be used in more positive and impactful ways as well. One area that has attracted particular interest is its potential role to help resolve the climate crisis. In fact, research into how AI can be harnessed to address climate change has already begun.  Dr. David Rolnick (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at McGill University) and his work have been at the forefront of this push. Together with several other researchers, Rolnick co-authored a paper investigati...