Why Drones and AI Can't Quickly Find Missing Flood Victims, Yet
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – AI systems help prioritize vast drone imagery to aid search teams, but limitations in training data and victim visibility keep human oversight crucial, researchers said.
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Why Drones, AI Still Struggle To Find Missing Flood Victims Quickly
Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines suggest that AI could be valuable in searching for missing persons.

Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet
The landscape in the aftermath of a flood makes it challenging to spot victims. AP Photo/Gerald HerbertFor search and rescue, AI is not more accurate than humans, but it is far faster. Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines suggest that artificial intelligence could be valuable in searching for missing persons …
Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet - Tech and Science Post
For search and rescue, AI is not more accurate than humans, but it is far faster. Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines suggest that artificial intelligence could be valuable in searching for missing persons after a flood. Machine learning systems typically take less than one second to scan a high-resolution i…
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