Hey everybody I'm Amy Scott, host of how we survive and this is the final

installment of burning questions for now. It's been so fun making this series and we really

hope you've enjoyed it. If you have a burning question about the climate crisis

you'd like us to answer you can send us a note at survive at marketplace.org. We'll be back in just a few

short weeks with a brand new season of how we survive. It's all about the water

crisis in the West and the ripple effects it'll have across the country.

So stay tuned for that.

For now, I'm very excited for this burning question because it's about AI, that is

artificial intelligence,

and how it can help and also maybe exacerbate the climate crisis.

Marketplace's resident AI reporter, Matt Levin,

sits down with expert Priya Dunty for this fascinating

conversation about a very powerful technology. Hope you enjoy. Hey everyone. I'm Matt Levin. I'm a senior reporter with Marketplace. I've been

covering AI for Marketplace since November of last year when

chat geepte came out and I am increasingly convinced that this technology

really is going to change just about every facet of our day-to-day lives.

And that includes the climate.

There are scientists who believe AI will be a huge weapon in the fight against climate

change, and there are scientists who believe AI will be a huge hindrance

in the fight against climate change.

For this installment of burning questions,

I'm joined by Priya Don'ti. She's an assistant professor at MIT and the co-founder of climate change AI.

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