DeepMind Wind Predictions: 4 Ways A.I. Is Saving the Environment Right Now

Human activity on Earth has detrimentally affected the Earth's climate, which has led to whole nations melting away, animal extinction, and potentially the disappearance of clouds. But there's a possibility that the severity of climate change could can be mitigated, if we act fast and leverage another human inventions: artificial intelligence. Google's London-based, A.I. subsidiary DeepMind announced this week its most recent accomplishment, using machine learning to help make wind energy more valuable to the power grid. The company's algorithm was able to predict how much power its wind turbines would generate 36 hours ahead of time, the company explains in a blog post. This would allow wind farms to reliably delivery exact amounts of power to meet electricity demand.