Why 'AI for Good' is gaining ground

The 4th Industrial Revolution continues to demonstrate what I call exponential "A Triple C": Perhaps nowhere is this "A Triple C" dynamic more on display than in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), which is expected to underpin many of the key emerging technologies and power business growth across industries. It's clear that AI is becoming the new electricity, and its rapid proliferation has happened in a very short span of three years – with a large leap in the past 12 months. But what's really exciting is AI's potential to improve lives at a pace and scale not seen before. Aiding this potential is a significant business and investment shift toward a greater focus on social good. Taken together, these dynamics are now resulting in a rising number of use cases for the application of AI to accelerate progress on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).