Tackling humanitarian crises with AI: interview with Dr Julien Cornebise -- e-Estonia

The third Tallinn Digital Summit was recently held in Tallinn with a focus on AI for public value and to mark the occasion we spoke to Dr Julien Cornebise, who leads AI for Good at Element AI. He is an awarded scientist who has worked with Amnesty International and he was an early employee at DeepMind. We talked about the hype around AI, but also the all the good it could be used for with the right incentives. We have a government team within Element AI and we've had some requests, but like every contact we get – whether it's from NGOs, agencies or governments – we make very sure to explain to the people who reach out to separate the hype from reality. In some cases, we've said that it's not feasible now, but maybe after a few more years of research. More generally, yes, we want to work with governments around AI for good, because the sustainable development goals are not just for NGOs.