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Author Lavista Ferres, Juan M

Title AI for Good Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (432 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Call to Action -- Part I Primer on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -- Chapter 1 What Is Artificial Intelligence and How Can It Be Used for Good? -- What Is Artificial Intelligence? -- What If Artificial Intelligence Were Used to Improve Societal Good? -- Chapter 2 Artificial Intelligence: Its Application and Limitations -- Why Now? -- The Challenges and Lessons Learned from Using Artificial Intelligence -- Models Can Be Fooled by Bias -- Predictive Power Does Not Imply Causation
AI Algorithms Can Discriminate -- Models Can Cheat (the Problem with Shortcut Learning) -- Models Do Not Generalize to Out-of-Distribution Cases -- Models Can Be Gamed -- Some Tools Can Be Used as Weapons -- Models Can Create an Illusion of Certainty -- AI Expertise Alone Cannot Solve World Problems -- Conclusion -- Large Language Models -- Understanding Language Models -- The Training Process: Learning Language Through Data -- Historical Perspective: Two Decades of Evolution -- The Generative Aspect of GPT -- Pre-training: The P in GPT and Beyond
Transformers: The T in GPT and Its Revolutionary Impact -- Limitations of LLMs -- Demystifying AI's Intelligence -- Understanding Truth -- The Phenomenon of LLM Hallucinations -- The Impact of LLMs -- LLMs and the Power for Good -- LLMs as a Language Aid -- LLMs for Democratizing Coding -- LLMs in Areas Like Medicine -- Chapter 3 Commonly Used Processes and Terms -- Common Processes -- Commonly Used Measures -- The Structure of the Book -- Part II Sustainability -- Chapter 4 Deep Learning with Geospatial Data -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion
What We Learned -- Chapter 5 Nature-Dependent Tourism -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 6 Wildlife Bioacoustics Detection -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 7 Using Satellites to Monitor Whales from Space -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 8 Social Networks of Giraffes -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings
Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 9 Data-driven Approaches to Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in the Maasai Mara -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 10 Mapping Industrial Poultry Operations at Scale -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 11 Identifying Solar Energy Locations in India -- Executive Summary -- Why Is This Important? -- Methods Used -- Findings -- Discussion -- What We Learned -- Chapter 12 Mapping Glacial Lakes
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Executive Summary
Form Electronic book
Author Weeks, William B
Smith, Brad
ISBN 9781394235889
1394235887