Natural disasters have caused many financial and human losses since the distant past. Although the advancement of technology has made it possible to predict many of these events; But their dangers are still not fully contained and deadly natural disasters that are difficult to predict threaten the lives of millions of people every year. One of these natural events is an earthquake, the attempt to recognize and predict it has not been very successful so far. Now, with the advent of artificial intelligence technology, this trend seems to be changing, and there is not much distance left until complete earthquake monitoring.
Researchers at the University of Texas have been developing an algorithm based on artificial intelligence that can detect an earthquake a week in advance. After many tests, they managed to correctly predict 70% of earthquakes in China. This experiment, which was carried out in a period of seven months, brought significant results. Using their artificial intelligence model, the researchers were able to correctly identify 14 earthquakes within 200 miles of the expected location and estimate their intensity with considerable accuracy. Also, this algorithm missed the occurrence of one earthquake and the report of eight earthquakes was also wrong.
This algorithm is developed using machine learning technology; The process by which a computer program goes through its training process using the data and information provided to it. To train this model, researchers have collected five years of seismic data and provided it to their algorithm. Such an approach has not yet been tested elsewhere; But it is expected that by training this model based on more big data, its accuracy will increase to a great extent.
Sergey Fomel, a member of the research team at the University of Texas, said: “We are still not close to fully predicting earthquakes anywhere in the world; But what we have obtained from our recent research shows us that what we thought was impossible until today is completely achievable. Even considering the current 70% accuracy, the result is very remarkable. “This technology can play an important role in reducing economic losses and loss of life, and has the potential to significantly improve public preparedness against earthquakes.”
He also talked about his future plans for the development of this algorithm and announced that in the next phase, they intend to develop a model that will be available to people all over the world like ChqatGPT and everyone can use its facilities. This issue can be very important; Because knowing about the occurrence of an earthquake even a few seconds before it occurs can play a vital role in preventing damage.
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