{"id":2867,"date":"2024-04-05T08:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/a-neural-network-can-map-large-icebergs-10000-times-faster-than-humans-212855550\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:01:23","slug":"a-neural-network-can-map-large-icebergs-10000-times-faster-than-humans-212855550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/a-neural-network-can-map-large-icebergs-10000-times-faster-than-humans-212855550\/","title":{"rendered":"A neural network can map large icebergs 10,000 times faster than humans"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the major benefits of certain artificial intelligence<\/a> models is that they can speed up menial or time-consuming tasks \u2014- and not just to whip up terrible "art" based on a brief text input. University of Leeds researchers have unveiled a neural network that they claim can map an outline of a large iceberg<\/a> in just 0.01 seconds.<\/p>\n Scientists are able to track the locations of large icebergs manually. After all, one that was included in this study was the size of Singapore<\/a> when it broke off from Antarctica a decade ago. But it's not feasible to manually track changes in icebergs' area and thickness \u2014 or how much water and nutrients they're releasing into seas.<\/p>\n "Giant icebergs are important components of the Antarctic environment," Anne Braakmann-Folgmann, lead author of a paper on the neural network<\/a>, told the European Space Agency<\/a>. "They impact ocean physics, chemistry, biology and, of course, maritime operations. Therefore, it is crucial to locate icebergs and monitor their extent, to quantify how much meltwater they release into the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n Until now, manual mapping has proven to be more accurate than automated approaches, but it can take a human analyst several minutes to outline a single iceberg. That can rapidly become a time- and labor-intensive process when multiple icebergs are concerned.<\/p>\n