Description: The future of our planet is one of great urgency but also great opportunity. Drones now provide imagery offering unprecedented detail and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can translate such images into information at remarkable accuracy. AI is expected to support the monitoring and representation of several Sustainable Development Goal indicators, especially in low-income countries. Yet society is wary of adopting these technologies, since complex and uninterpretable results can affect the accountability of decision- and policy-makers wishing to benefit from AI. The objective of this project is to leverage societal requirements to tailor artificial intelligence algorithms to societal needs by focussing on resonsible and viable AI for geospatial applications. Responsible AI, here considered as fair and explicable AI, must lead to trustworthy geo-intelligence by identifying bias and facilitating transparency by design. Only then can their predictions be used reliably in development applications.
Sponsor: NWO
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