UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Oct. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A flash flood can devastate a community for years in a matter of minutes. These disasters account for roughly 85% of floods and cause thousands of deaths annually worldwide, with water levels capable of shooting up 30 feet and receding back to normal levels in the span of a single, unpredictable day, according to the National Weather Service. These catastrophic events are extremely hard to predict, but a solution to this serious problem could come from a silly place: the same artificial intelligence (AI) techniques used to generate images of weightlifting cats or cartoon versions of family photos.
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