Spillover Effect Details
- Policy
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EU AI Act
- Alternative
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AI Accountability Training and Certification Program
- Dimension
- Environment
- Criteria
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- Reduction of CO2 emissions
- Time Frame
- 5
- Score
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- PositiveImpact
- The AI Accountability Training and Certification Program could lead to enhanced compliance with the EU AI Act, reducing the risk of harmful AI applications in sectors like healthcare that can indirectly contribute to environmental degradation through poor decision-making. By ensuring that AI technologies are used responsibly and ethically, this could pave the way for environmentally-friendly AI solutions, ultimately promoting sustainability and lessening the carbon footprint of AI implementations.
- NegativeImpact
- If the AATCP fails to engage a wide audience or if its training materials do not sufficiently address the intersection of AI and environmental concerns, it could result in a continued lack of accountability among developers. This would perpetuate harmful practices in AI deployment that could contribute to environmental harm, particularly in high-impact sectors such as energy and waste management, undermining CO2 reduction efforts.
- Description
- The AATCP, while a good initiative for ensuring compliance and knowledge dissemination, could ultimately fail to address the critical intersection of AI and environmental sustainability effectively. If not designed with a clear environmental focus, it risks being a missed opportunity that could lead to inertia in achieving real environmental improvements. The approach may overlook the necessity for integrating sustainability education in AI accountability measures, stalling progress on CO2 emissions reductions that other proposed alternatives may directly target.