Applying artificial intelligence for social good

AI has the potential to tackle some of the world's most challenging social problems. According to a study down by McKinsey, existing AI capabilities have the potential to tackle cases across all 17 of the United Nations' sustainable-development goals. AI can be used for crisis response, economic empowerment, meeting educational and environmental challenges, as well as confronting equality and inclusion in areas where those are sorely lacking. Additionally, AI applications can help with health and hunger -- examples of this could be using AI to visually diagnosis images of skin lesions to determine if they are cancerous, or detecting early signs of diabetes by analyzing heart-rate sensor data.

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