"AI can do things that would be impossible for a human to do without computers.
"AI can do things that would be impossible for a human to do without computers. An example of this is the ability to process huge amounts of data," says Lapedriza, who has also been involved in a project with researchers from the CoSIN3 group, led by Javier Borge at the UOC's IN3 institute, and the company DetectA, using publicly available aerial images to automatically detect roofs with asbestos, a highly polluting product that is dangerous to people's health.