Artificial intelligence affects every industry and has revolutionized critical fields like medicine. It supports medical professionals in diagnosis, treatment and analysis. For example, AI is used to observe the vital signs of patients receiving critical care and alert clinicians if certain risk factors increase.

Another area where AI has enabled scientists to make considerable progress is in the study and analysis of climate change.

For instance, AI can help to anticipate natural disasters and their impact. In addition to forecasting, the technology can show ways to adapt infrastructure to minimize the impact of natural disasters. It can also analyze historical data and predict future trends, allowing the building of early warning systems.

Furthermore, AI could play an important role in making us aware of our carbon footprint. It can help to calculate the individual impact and make recommendations on how to improve it. It can be used as a tool to educate the public on how simple changes can collectively make a significant difference on a larger scale.

In doing so, these tools help to meet SDG 13 which is to combat climate change and its impacts.

The IEC and ISO are working on standards to address these technologies through their joint committee, SC 42: Artificial Intelligence. A Technical Report has been put together to address the various use cases. These include how to forecast consumption in smart grids or home energy management systems.

(Source: IEC)