AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health

FOREWORD BY BRAD SMITH, VICE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OF MICROSOFT

Discover how AI leaders and researchers are using AI to transform the world for the better

In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tackling intractable social problems with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). In the book, you'll see real in-the-field examples of researchers using AI with replicable methods and reusable AI code to inspire your own uses.

The authors also provide:

• Easy-to-follow, non-technical explanations of what AI is and how it works
• Examples of the use of AI for scientists working on mitigating climate change, showing how AI can better analyze data without human bias, remedy pattern recognition deficits, and make use of satellite and other data on a scale never seen before so policy makers can make informed decisions
• Real applications of AI in humanitarian action, whether in speeding disaster relief with more accurate data for first responders or in helping address populations that have experienced adversity with examples of how analytics is being used to promote inclusivity
• A deep focus on AI in healthcare where it is improving provider productivity and patient experience, reducing per-capita healthcare costs, and increasing care access, equity, and outcomes
• Discussions of the future of AI in the realm of social benefit organizations and efforts

Beyond the work of the authors, contributors, and researchers highlighted in the book, AI For Good begins with a foreword from Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. There, Smith details the Microsoft rationale behind the creation of and continued investment in the AI for Good Lab. The vision is one of hope with AI saving lives in disasters, improving health care globally, and Microsoft's mission to make sure AI's benefits are available to all.

An essential guide to impactful social change with artificial intelligence, AI for Good is a must-read resource for technical and non-technical professionals interested in AI's social potential, as well as policymakers, regulators, NGO professionals, and non-profit volunteers.

由微軟副董事長兼總裁布拉德·史密斯撰寫的前言



發現AI領袖和研究人員如何利用人工智慧改變世界，使其變得更好

在《AI為善：可持續發展、人道行動和健康應用》一書中，一支由資深微軟AI研究人員組成的團隊提供了一場深入而引人入勝的討論，介紹了這家全球知名軟體公司如何運用人工智慧（AI）的力量解決棘手的社會問題。在這本書中，您將看到研究人員使用可複製的方法和可重複使用的AI程式碼在實地中應用AI的真實例子，以激發您自己的應用想法。

作者還提供了：

• 易於理解且非技術性的解釋，闡述AI是什麼以及它如何運作


• 使用AI解決氣候變化問題的科學家的應用實例，展示AI如何在沒有人為偏見的情況下更好地分析數據，解決模式識別缺陷，並利用從未見過的規模的衛星和其他數據，以便政策制定者能夠做出明智的決策


• AI在人道行動中的實際應用，無論是通過提供更準確的數據以加快災難救援，還是通過使用分析方法來幫助受到逆境影響的人群，以促進包容性


• 深入探討AI在醫療保健領域的應用，改善提供者的工作效率和患者體驗，降低人均醫療成本，提高醫療保健的可及性、公平性和效果


• 關於社會效益組織和努力中AI的未來討論

除了書中作者、貢獻者和研究人員的工作之外，《AI為善》還以微軟副董事長兼總裁布拉德·史密斯的前言開始。在那裡，史密斯詳細介紹了微軟創建和持續投資於AI為善實驗室的理念。這個願景充滿希望，希望AI能在災難中拯救生命，全球改善醫療保健，並確保AI的好處對所有人都可用。

作為一本關於人工智慧對社會變革具有重要影響的指南，《AI為善》是技術和非技術專業人士以及政策制定者、監管機構專業人士和非營利志願者必讀的資源。

JUAN M. LAVISTA FERRES, PHD, MS, is the Microsoft Chief Data Scientist and the Director of the AI for Good Lab at Microsoft.

WILLIAM B. WEEKS, MD, PHD, MBA, is the Director of AI for Health at Microsoft.

JUAN M. LAVISTA FERRES, PHD, MS，是微軟的首席數據科學家，也是微軟AI for Good實驗室的主任。

WILLIAM B. WEEKS, MD, PHD, MBA，是微軟AI for Health的主任。