Predicting extreme events, planning the energy transition, managing infrastructure and cities, and accelerating climate and biodiversity research. There are countless challenges where artificial intelligence and digital systems can now assist us along the path to sustainability. RM #48 explores the revolutionary potential of these cutting-edge technologies, yet considering their impacts and the darker side of the coin.
EDITORIALS
Two Intelligences
by Emanuele Bompan
AI for Climate? A Chatbot’s Opinion
by chatGPT
READING MATTER
Artificial Intelligence at the Bookshop
Reading tips from the Editorial Staff
THINK TANK
Calculating and Powers
Interview with Kate Crawford
by Giorgia Marino
Technologies for the Future
Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
by Emanuele Bompan
All That AI Can Do for the Climate
Interview with Claire Monteleoni
by Giorgia Marino
A New Way to Observe the Earth
Interview with Giuseppe Borghi
by Emanuele Bompan and Sara Perinetto
INSIGHT
Multiplier of Human Ingenuity
by Giorgia Marino
The (Heavy) Footprint of a Virtual Industry
by Giorgio Kaldor
Open Data, a Believable Revolution for the Ecological Transition
by Donata Columbro
Satellites Watch Over Us from Above
by Simone Fant
Tomorrow’s Sustainability Goes Through Digital and Virtual Twins
by Antonio Piemontese
BIM, Building the Future of Construction Through Modelling
by Antonella Ilaria Totaro
The Possible Realms of Waste Management
by Simone Fant
Towards the SDGs (with or without AI)
by Marco Moro
CASE STUDIES
Electricity Grids at the Heart of the Energy Transition
by Giorgio Kaldor
Digital Twins for Water Resource Management
by Giorgio Kaldor
Ready-for-Use Digital Solutions with IBM
by Emanuele Bompan
Rethinking Tourism Carbon Credits with the Help of AI
by Editorial Staff
Simulating the Cities of Tomorrow
by Simone Fant
STARTUPS
by Antonella Ilaria Totaro
Beni, the Browser Extension That Promotes Second-Hand Purchases
Climatiq, Real-Time Data on the Carbon Footprint of Products and Companies
Smartex, Artificial Intelligence for a More Efficient and Sustainable Textile Industr
ZigZag, Reverse Logistics Software to Reduce Returns and Waste
KRINGLOOP
AI: The Key to Boosting Circular Business’ Competitive Advantage?
by Laxmi Haigh
CIRCULAR BY LAW
Towards a Code of Conduct for Artificial Intelligence
by Francesco Petrucci
