In this TED Talk, AI product manager Kathryn Hautanen discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to help address climate change by optimising renewable energy systems. She focuses on wind energy and explains how AI can be used to accurately predict wind availability, improving the reliability of wind power. Hautanen emphasises the importance of collaboration between experts in different fields to effectively deploy AI for climate action and highlights the need to use the technology responsibly.
1. Unpacking furniture often comes with instructions.
2. Instructions that tell what to do, but not how to do it, are useless.
3. Climate change requires solutions that are feasible.
4. AI can help in the transition to renewable energy.
5. Wind energy is unpredictable and difficult for electricity systems operators.
6. AI can accurately predict wind availability.
7. Google tested an AI system that performed 20% better than its existing system.
8. AI requires partnering with industry experts.
9. Non-technical skills are also necessary in AI for climate action.
10. AI is not a silver bullet and must be used responsibly.