Can AI be both powerful and sustainable? Or are we trading the planet for progress?

Topics discussed

• What is AI and how to build an AI model.
• Differences in AI technologies.
• The cost of running large data centres.
• Carbon accounting of AI.

Host

• Dr. Nadine Moustafa, Research Associate at Imperial, specialising in carbon management and decarbonisation technologies.

Guest 

• Dr. Hanya Ahmed - postdoctoral research assistant at the Royal Veterinary College and Queen Mary University, with the school of electronic engineering and computing science. She specializes in building and training AI models for industry and medical technology.

Timecode & Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - What is AI?

03:00 - Building AI Models

06:30 - Environmental Costs of AI Training

09:00 - Efficiency vs. Environmental Impact

12:00 - Genetic Frameworks in AI

14:30 - Cloud vs. Edge AI

17:00 - Carbon Accounting in AI

19:30 - Industry Awareness and Responsibility

22:00 - Future Tools and Benchmarks

24:00 - Final Thoughts

Nadine's links: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-moustafa-ph-d-5831a1a7/

Imperial profile - https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/n.mou...

Hanya’s links: https://www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/electronics/people/hahmed/

Produced by Annemarie van Basten

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