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From health care to manufacturing, clean technologies, finance, and many other industries, there is growing hype around artificial intelligence and its potential to revolutionize operations. The increasing allure of AI is evident in this year’s federal budget where the government announced that it would invest $2.4-billion to advance AI development and adoption in Canada. Mary Wells is dean at the faculty of engineering at the University of Waterloo.
We also cannot overlook the fact that many AI applications focus on mitigation and adaptation, not the root causes of climate change. This is an important shortcoming. Indeed, scientists have expressed frustration that social and political inaction—not technical knowledge or means—impedes us from tackling the root causes, the burning of fossil fuels and depletion of forests. In engineering, we teach students to look at problems holistically.
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