A new approach to fighting wildfires combines local knowledge and AI

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2 years ago
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Summary

M.P. North and J.J. Prichard: Adapting North American forests to climate change and wildfires. M.P., North and Prichards: An empirical machine learning method for predicting potential fire control locations. M., North, PrichARD: An evidence-based model for predicting fire control location.
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5 Comments

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bambam
2 years ago
Really hope the AI continues to be right about where the zones end and we don't end up with a fire that engulfs a town.
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iareuniqueOP
2 years ago
it looks like there's some manual verification process to make sure that's the case. This more or less gives them specifics of what to look at instead of fumbling for answers
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throwschen
2 years ago
This is the kind of AI I can get behind! Let's automate the things we thought would be too hard for people to do!
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boredgamer
2 years ago
Wildfires are no joke, I wish we'd put more money into monitoring them
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iareuniqueOP
2 years ago
I think that's mainly what this tech is about