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AI, Energy and Climate: Dan Loehr: Can LLM’s Help in the Fight Against Climate Change?
Mar 20, 2025
In this discussion, Georgetown Professor Dan Loehr, an expert in AI and natural language processing, tackles the innovative ways large language models (LLMs) can combat climate change. He highlights their potential in summarizing complex scientific data, enhancing climate literacy, and promoting cleaner technologies. However, Loehr also warns about the biases and misinformation risks associated with LLMs. The conversation sparks insights into how AI can transform climate action while navigating the associated challenges.
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- Large language models enhance climate action by analyzing extensive data, improving sentiment assessment, and optimizing renewable energy communications.
- The integration of LLMs in climate initiatives faces challenges such as interpretability issues and limited data access, hindering their potential impact.
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Understanding Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Natural Language Processing (NLP) focuses on the interaction between computers and human languages, such as Spanish or English. This subfield of artificial intelligence has evolved significantly over the past 70 years, initially struggling to produce effective systems that could translate or understand languages. Early attempts required extensive manual rule-setting, but advancements in machine learning have allowed NLP systems to automatically learn rules from vast amounts of data. This transformation, particularly with the introduction of neural networks and large language models (LLMs), has vastly improved the accuracy and functionality of language processing technologies.
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