Colorado lawmakers unanimously voted to push forward a bill that would create a $2 million wildfire prevention program, which may use artificial intelligence to identify fires early.
to become smarter about how they prepare and better position their resources. Fire lookout towers once staffed by humans have largely been replaced by cameras in remote areas, many of them in high-definition and armed with artificial intelligence to discern a smoke plume from morning fog.
A historic drought and recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight in the American West and scientists say warming weather will continue to make fires more frequent and destructive. The AI algorithm behind the camera would try to detect a plume of smoke and alert first responders early, said Miller, who pointed to a structure fire caught by AI technology near the city of Boulder in December as an example.called Pano AI, and the software had alerted authorities of the fire around the time the first 911 call arrived, Miller said.
Pano AI began working with cities, including the ski resort town of Aspen, Colorado, and has expanded to cities, counties and even Pacific Gas & Electric in six states. Kathryn Williams, Pano AI’s director of government development who testified at the hearing, said"AI machine learning is new, it’s exciting, it’s glamorous but it isn’t perfect," adding that the company uses employees to vet alerts from the AI.
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