#Experts in the Media: CMU's Rayid Ghani Weighs in on the Role of AI

The topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beginning to dominate a lot of conversations and even conferences across the planet.

And recently, Rayid Ghani, a Distinguished Career Professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University was part of an in-depth article that explored if AI could be expected to play a positive role in the future of humankind. 

In fact, it asked if we could soon expect AI to do the heavy lifting with regards to major problems like global warming that we're all trying to solve.

The answers experts offered were varied and some a bit surprising but for the most part AI can help ... but we humans need to do a lot of the work.

Today, AI is already proving itself in prediction and warning systems in the event of tornadoes or forest fires, for example.

It is then necessary to evacuate populations, or for humans to agree to be vaccinated in the event of a pandemic, underlines Rayid Ghani, of Carnegie Mellon University.

“We created this problem, not AI. Technology can help us… A little,” he clarified. “And only if humans decide to use it to tackle problems.” March 17 - The Archide 

It is a fascinating article and well worth the read.

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Rayid Ghani is a reformed computer scientist who wants to increase the use of large-scale Machine Learning in solving large public policy. Rayid Ghani  is available to speak with media - simply click on his icon now to arrange an interview today.