Roel Dobbe
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Roel Dobbe is a critical scholar whose research lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, environmental sustainability, and social justice. His work interrogates the hidden ecological costs of AI systems, particularly within high-stakes domains like healthcare. In his highly cited paper, "Environmental impacts of artificial intelligence in health care: considerations and recommendations," Dobbe provides a foundational framework for understanding how AI’s resource demands—from energy consumption to rare-earth mineral extraction—contribute to pollution, biodiversity loss, and geopolitical conflict. Rather than treating AI as a purely technical solution, he reframes it as an infrastructural system with profound environmental and ethical trade-offs. His contributions have been instrumental in pushing the AI ethics community to consider planetary boundaries alongside algorithmic fairness. With over 3 citations for this recent work, Dobbe is quickly establishing himself as a leading voice in sustainable AI. His research challenges students and practitioners alike to ask not just what AI can do, but at what cost to the planet and its most vulnerable populations.
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