"Since 2015, the use of AI has grown exponentially, while progress toward most of the targets has ceased or even reversed-particularly on poverty, hunger and climate resilience. AI offers new possibilities for addressing some of the SDGs as well as further both constraining and amplifying the issues the SDGs were created to address-e.g., the mounting energy needs of large data centers."
"AI assistants deployed in multiple local languages now answer millions of questions each year by farmers. Three dynamics are responsible for their popularity. First, cost compression: the model's applicability is widening, infrastructure is maturing, and deployment means are becoming cheaper. Second, usability: voice and image inputs allow people to contribute without typing or high literacy, overstepping a historical barrier to digital participation."
The United Nations established 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 with 169 targets to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality, and address climate for peace, prosperity, and environmental sustainability. AI use has expanded exponentially since 2015 while progress toward many targets has stalled or reversed, notably on poverty, hunger, and climate resilience. AI can both enable SDG solutions and amplify harms, including rising data center energy demands. Agricultural livelihoods show promise: multilingual AI assistants answer millions of farmer queries, driven by cost compression, improved usability through voice and image inputs, and context applicability that merges local weather, prices, and knowledge.
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