The tech is there: society needs to step up

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Claim: the technology to monitor and predict environmental change already exists and is being deployed. Microsoft funds AI for Earth $50M to apply deep neural networks to satellite imagery, acoustic recognition and photo‑ID to map forests, track crop health and census wildlife down to individuals. The program operates in 50+ countries with 140+ grantees. Adoption lags due to budget, skills and integration gaps, but prototypes and production tools for measurement and prediction are live.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker welcome
2. 1:07AI and environmental solutions
3. 3:36AI for Earth program details
4. 7:50Obstacles to AI adoption
5. 10:19Microsoft's motivation
6. 12:51Data-driven decision making
7. 14:14AI’s role in policy

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