AI can now control fusion plasma faster than humans can react
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AI can now control fusion plasma faster than humans can react
Princeton researchers have tested an AI system that can monitor and control fusion plasma in milliseconds, reacting far faster than a human operator. In one experiment, it predicted a damaging instability about 200 milliseconds before it appeared and adjusted the plasma to stop it from forming.
PPPL and Princeton's new PACMAN artificial intelligence framework controls plasma in fusion reactors in just 20 milliseconds.
Researchers at Princeton University have developed an artificial intelligence system that can monitor plasma in a fusion reactor and respond to changes within about 20 milliseconds. The system has already been tested in five real experiments, and the researchers hope it will help on the way to turning fusion energy into a practical source of electricity.
Specialists at the American DIII-D fusion complex in San Diego reported on five successful tests of the intelligent plasma stabilization system PACMAN (Prediction And Control using MAchiNe learning). During one experiment, the algorithm recognized potentially dangerous turbulence 200 milliseconds before the critical phase and preemptively adjusted the reactor's operating mode, avoiding a breakdown. Unlike PACMAN, traditional... The post "America…
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