Intelligent Solutions for Earth
What is a solution if not intelligent? Intelligence for Earth is dedicated to all of us who are interested in the possibilities that artificial intelligence has to offer in understanding and solving Earth's biggest problems. And given the complexity and scale of these problems and their potential solutions, there is a lot to talk about!
About Me
My name is Pien, and as a data scientist, I see it as my responsibility to explain and simplify technical concepts related to machine learning: even the most difficult ones. How else are we going to leverage these concepts into sustainable solutions, if we do not have a mutual understanding of them? With a background in sustainability consulting and data, I aim to use this platform to tackle these, often hard to grasp, technical concepts to understand real-world problems and the technical capabilities of artificially intelligent solutions to solve them.
About the Platform
Many information texts or tutorials focus on answering a specific question or explaining a particular data modelling technique. While this focus may help provide insight into a single component, it can give the impression that it's possible to consider each question in isolation. In reality, however, changes to one component are likely to affect the others. Therefore, when trying to understand either machine learning or sustainability, it is necessary to look at them as a whole.
This platform takes a holistic approach to machine learning systems and the complexity of sustainability. Each concept is illustrated with actual case studies and examples of potential use cases for applying machine learning concepts to sustainability problems. Posts that require in-depth knowledge of a particular topic–e.g. multimodal AI, climate change or food chain issues–will be explained in detail with references to a knowledge base. And if they are not there yet, they will be. In other words, this blog is my attempt to provide nuance, insight and clarity into the intersection of sustainability and AI.
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