Opinion

October 5, 2021

How AI will transform the energy sector

To get to net zero, the energy industry doesn't just need alternative fuels. It will need AI to manage smart energy grids.


Aaron Israel

5 min read

Photo by Federico Beccari on Unsplash

Back in 2017, Bill Gates — co-founder of Microsoft and an avid philanthropist — penned a short blog post in the form of a commencement address for that year’s graduating cohorts. He outlined three fields that he thought graduates should apply themselves to if they truly wished to have an outsized impact on the future of civilization. The first two picks were artificial intelligence (AI) and energy (ahead of biosciences).

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