Powering a sustainable future: what role can AI play? - Peak

Over the past few years, sustainability has gradually become a greater and more important part of each of our lives. As human beings, we strive to sustain many things; our relationships with others, local and global economies, our livelihoods and the world we live in. We see the act of sustainable living encouraged and documented everywhere – think'Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.' It's becoming increasingly apparent that every individual in every organization can have a unique and significant impact in creating a more sustainable future. If humans can have such a measurable impact, what about AI? Our minds usually jump to the environment when we talk about sustainability, but its meaning has changed over the years as global priorities have shifted. It wasn't until the 20th century that it began to represent what we now recognize as the accepted definition: creating lasting and efficient methods through which to live our lives in order to maintain our world for future generations.