Regulating artificial-intelligence applications to achieve the sustainable development goals

Hoe-Han Goh; Ricardo Vinuesa

doi:10.1007/s43621-021-00064-5

Regulating artificial-intelligence applications to achieve the sustainable development goals

Discov Sustain. 2021;2(1):52. doi: 10.1007/s43621-021-00064-5. Epub 2021 Nov 29.

Authors

Hoe-Han Goh¹, Ricardo Vinuesa^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Systems Biology, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Malaysia.
² FLOW, Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
³ AI Sustainability Center, 114 34 Stockholm, Sweden.

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is producing a revolution with increasing impacts on the people, planet, and prosperity. This perspective illustrates some of the AI applications that can accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlights some of the considerations that could hinder the efforts towards them. In this context, we strongly support the development of an 18^thSDG on digital technologies. This emphasizes the importance of establishing standard AI guidelines and regulations for the beneficial applications of AI. Such regulations should focus on concrete applications of AI, rather than generally on AI technology, to facilitate both AI development and enforceability of legal implications.