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Mapping, modeling, and understanding nature with AI

AI models can help map species, protect forests and listen to birds around the world

arXiv AI
Jun 15

Position: AI Must Become Planet-Centered, Not Just Human-Centered

arXiv:2606. 13704v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This position paper argues that contemporary AI paradigms are insufficient for supporting complex global goals and introduces Planet-Centered AI (PCAI) as a design philosophy and research agenda that reorients AI toward planetary-scale socio-ecological systems and their long-term trajectories.

By Maria Perez-Ortiz
arXiv AI
Jun 2

Project SPARROW and the Future of Conservation Technology

arXiv:2606. 00108v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Global biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, yet the tools available to monitor and protect ecosystems remain limited by constraints in power, connectivity, and accessibility.

By Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Carl Chalmers, Bruno Demuro Segundo, Zhongqi Miao, Andres Hernandez Celis, Federico Alves Torres, Isai Daniel Chacon Silva, Anthony Cintron Roman, Allen Kim, Meygha Machado, Luana Marotti, Amy Michaels, Daniela Ruiz Lopez, Catherine Romero, Rahul Dodhia, Inbal Becker-Reshef, Pablo Arbelaez
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 7

A Definition and Roadmap for World Models

World models -- internal simulators that learn the structure and dynamics of an environment -- have become one of the most actively debated concepts in AI. From model-based reinforcement learning and video generation to embodied robotics and ultimately, physical AI, researchers across AI subfields are building systems that they call "world models", yet there is no consensus on what a world model fundamentally is, what it should predict, or how it should be built.