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Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

  AI has been described as potentially important in helping to meet some of the objectives listed in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (SDGs, 2015). Palomares et al. (2021) set out to describe progress and prospects in artificial intelligence technologies with regard to the SDGs. Six categories are chosen for their analysis: life, economic and technological development, social development, equality, resources and natural environment. They aim to identify the opportunities and challenges for AI in helping to fulfil the SDGs, and to provide a roadmap for maximising this assistance in the next decade; they also highlight the difficulties and potential threats associated with AI. The writers note the hostility often felt towards AI, and attempt to present its potential benefits with regard to the SDGs. They offer a definition of AI, note its main elements, and list its main areas, such as knowledge representation, natural language processing, computer