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CHALLENGES BEFORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Some of the key challenges to sustainable development are given below:
There is instability and conflict between the nations.
There is lack of proper planning and implementation of programmes to fit the local level.
Non-profit organisations may lack skilled resources such as data scientists and NLP engines.
Human bias may be embedded in AI models or datasets.
Sensitive data needs to be protected from being made public.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
In September 2015, 193 member countries of the General Assembly agreed to adopt the 2020
Agenda for Sustainable Development that contains a set of 17 global goals to end poverty, protect
the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for the people around the globe. These 17 goals are
integrated in such a manner that action on one will have an impact on the other.
SDG 01: No Poverty
Eradicating extreme poverty and reducing poverty by at least by 50% is NO
the target to achieve. Worldwide, approximately 17.2 percent people are POVERTY
struggling to fulfill the most basic needs like health, education and access
to clean water and sanitation. AI can help in improving the farming land,
agriculture, quality of products, etc. AI can also help with aid distribution
in poor and war-torn areas, or where natural disasters have caused heavy
destruction.
ZERO SDG 02: Zero Hunger
HUNGER SDG 2 aims to end hunger issues by 2030 and ensure access to nutritious
food for all children. AI can help in reaching out the goal by tracking
food wastage, finding ways to grow yields, identifying diseases and pest
outbreaks, analysing means to reduce population, etc.
SDG 03: Good Health and Wellbeing
This goal focuses on the well-being and good health for all. It aims to end GOOD HEALTH
epidemics like Cholera, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other communicable AND WELL-BEING
diseases. AI can help in achieving this goal by increasing the ability of
healthcare professionals to analyse huge data sets, providing better
feedback and finding accurately the cause of diseases to discover the
cure. Wearable healthcare technology also uses AI to serve the patients
and healthcare workers.
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