BLACKSBURG, Va., July 27 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
The cause of water shortages and wildfires worldwide, the ongoing drought crisis demonstrates the urgent need to proactively predict when and where drought conditions will occur well before they happen. Virginia Tech experts say the artificial intelligence (AI) technology that makes this possible exists - the key is maximizing access to worldwide weather and water use data.
"AI tools are only as good as the data we can put into them," said geography expert Craig Ramseyer. "I would argue that the input data is more important than the technology itself. The U.S. and our partners abroad must continue to invest in data collection...