AI has ‘great potential’ for detecting wildfires, new study of the Amazon rainforest suggests
Integrating new technology with current AI systems could help detect wildfires, such as the devastating LA blazes, to enhance earlier warning strategies – experts believe.
A type of Artificial Intelligence that mimics the functioning of the human brain could represent a powerful solution in automatically detecting wildfires, plummeting the time needed to mitigate their devastating effects, a new study finds.
The new technology uses an ‘Artificial Neural Networks’ model that combines satellite imaging technology with deep learning (a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning).
Findings, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Remote Sensing, report a 93% success rate when training the model via a dataset of images of Amazon rainforest with, and without, wildfires.
The technology, it is stated, could be used in a complementary nature with existing AI systems to enhance early warning systems and improve wildfire response strategies.
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