Artificial intelligence can be used to improve recycling

Often, the doom-and-gloom side of artificial intelligence (AI) is stressed in the media and the benefits neglected. This is a shame as AI can be put to good use in many ways that helps make our world a better place.

For example, AI can be used to make recycling a lot easier. This is possible, because a machine can also be taught to identify objects and materials. And after proper training, can become even better than humans.

In this article, I explain how a machine is trained to deal with our waste and improve recycling:

https://medium.com/climate-conscious/how-artificial-intelligence-makes-recycling-easier-bc56f7ba138a

Artificial intelligence can help us recycle waste (credit: ProStockStudio at Shutterstock)