AI for good : applications in sustainability, humanitarian action, and health /
In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tacking intractable social problems with the power of a...
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Wiley,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken, New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2024] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tacking intractable social problems with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). In the book, you'll learn about how climate change, illness and disease, and challenges to fundamental human rights are all being fought using replicable methods and reusable AI code. |
Carrier Form: | xxix, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781394235872 1394235879 |
Index Number: | Q334 |
CLC: | TP18 |
Call Number: | TP18/A791-47 |
Contents: |
Foreword / Introduction / A call to action / What Is Artificial Intelligence and How Can It Be Used for Good? / Artificial Intelligence: Its Application and Limitations / Commonly Used Processes and Terms / Deep Learning with Geospatial Data / Nature-Dependent Tourism / Wildlife Bioacoustics Detection / Using Satellites to Monitor Whales from Space / Social Networks of Giraffes / Data-driven Approaches to Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in the Maasai Mara / Mapping Industrial Poultry Operations at Scale / Identifying Solar Energy Locations in India / Mapping Glacial Lakes / Forecasting and Explaining Degradation of Solar Panels with AI / Post-Disaster Building Damage Assessment / Dwelling Type Classification / Damage Assessment Following the 2023 Earthquake in Turkey / Food Security Analysis / BankNote-Net: Open Dataset for Assistive Universal Currency Recognition / Broadband Connectivity / Monitoring the Syrian War with Natural Language Processing / The Proliferation of Misinformation Online / Unlocking the Potential of AI with Open Data / Detecting Middle Ear Disease / Detecting Leprosy in Vulnerable Populations / Automated Segmentation of Prostate Cancer Metastases / Screening Premature Infants for Retinopathy of Prematurity in Low-Resource Settings / Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 / Using Artificial Intelligence to Inform Pancreatic Cyst Management / NLP-Supported Chatbot for Cigarette Smoking Cessation / Mapping Population Movement Using Satellite Imagery / The Promise of AI and Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Models in Medicine / |