Why AI Engineers Have a Better Chance of Becoming the Next Superhero?

In superhero or science fiction movies, there must be a highly skilled hacker, but they always hide in the house or on the train, and their main task is usually to remotely shut down surveillance, turn off lights, and open and close doors.

Their image is also very fixed, they look like nerds, drink Coke, wear headphones, and never leave the house.

What does that have to do with AI engineers? Back to TensorFlow, an entry-level open source machine learning tool, a group of engineers are now using it to protect the earth, and not just in movies.

The superhero Black Panther comes from the isolated and technologically advanced African country of Wakanda. Wakanda possesses the most powerful and precious substance on earth - Vibranium. The young leader T'Challa transforms into Black Panther to defend his country and its resources.

Like vibranium, the tropical rainforest is also a rare and precious treasure on the earth, maintaining the local ecological balance. However, there is still a large amount of illegal mining and poaching, which affects the fate of the tropical rainforest and local humans, animals and plants.

Rainforest Connection is a non-governmental, non-profit environmental organization.Their engineers are using TensorFlow to protect the Earth's rainforests.

Using equipment equipped with solar panels, they are able to monitor the rainforest 24 hours a day.

The equipment in the picture is widely placed in the rainforest for real-time monitoring.

All sounds will be uploaded to the cloud for analysis and processing.Find audio that is different from the natural state from a large amount of sound data, such as gunshots, chainsaws, truck engine sounds, etc.Identify the sounds and locations of loggers or poachers and promptly transmit them to local police and conservation groups.

Currently, Rainforest Connection has installed the system in tropical rainforest areas in Sumatra, Indonesia, Cameroon, Africa, northern Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and the live sounds of these forests can be heard on the official website.

Although there are many flaws, the Guardians of the Galaxy have saved the fate of the entire universe more than once.

The Guardians of the Galaxy are composed of superheroes from different planets and races, including Gamora who is good at close combat, Star-Lord who loves adventure, Lei Ren who has a weird sense of humor, Tree-Mantis who is good at manipulating emotions, and Rocket Raccoon who is mistaken for various small animals.Explore adventures across the universe.

There are such people on earth too, who keep their feet on the ground and look up at the stars.

Ari Silburt, a doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University, and his team,TensorFlow is being used to search for craters in the solar system, hoping to understand the origin of the solar system.

Today, they have discovered more than 6,000 new craters that were created at different times and locations.

Scientific organizations are looking for craters based on images of the lunar surface to explore the origin of the solar system

Tensor Flow accurately draws craters in lunar images from existing lunar photos. The presentation is concise and clear, and most importantly, it is fast.

This "temporary Guardians of the Galaxy" also has another research direction.

Not long ago, Google AI researcher Chris Shallue and astrophysicist Andrew Vanderburg of the University of Texas at Austin used TensorFlow to find two new planets: 80g and 90i in the Kepler 90 system, 2,545 light-years away from Earth.

Our previous article describes this project in detail. Click to read

"Discovering asteroids with TensorFlow!"

Doctor Strange is also one of the most educated superheroes

After Doctor Strange officially became a superhero, his appearance was ridiculed by other characters as "wizardwizard".

But before gaining super powers, Doctor Strange was a genuine neurosurgeon with excellent medical skills and a very high social status.

The case that the TensorFlow team is most happy to promote is its application in medicine.

There is also a doctor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry, Jorge Cuadros, a clinical assistant professor. Using the TensorFlow machine learning model, he successfully developed a program that can determine whether a patient has DR through retinal images with a high accuracy rate.

By observing retinal images, it is possible to accurately determine whether a patient suffers from diabetic retinopathy (DR), which is the most serious of all diseases that cause blindness. However, it is very difficult to make an accurate judgment using the traditional method, that is, doctors observing with the naked eye.

The greatest significance is that after the birth of this tool, it can directly help more areas with relatively scarce medical resources.Even if they don’t have their own Dr. Strange to perform surgery, TensorFlow can help them get their health information faster.

Speaking of the most peaceful superhero, we have to mention Hawkeye. In "Avengers 3", Hawkeye, one of the superheroes, has not appeared in the movie. The reason why he has not appeared is that he hopes to be with his family.

In fact, Hawkeye’s specialness was mentioned as early as in "Avengers 2".

Hawkeye's farm surprises the rest of the Avengers

In Avengers 2, the superheroes were arranged by Fury to temporarily hide in Hawkeye's home to avoid the search of the United Nations. Everyone was surprised that Hawkeye, as a superhero, actually had an idyllic home with a farm and a tractor.

As long as TensorFlow wants to be down-to-earth, no one can stop it. It also plays an important role on farms.

Connecterra is an agricultural technology company from the Netherlands.The intelligent dairy farmer assistant they developed predicts the physical condition of dairy cows by analyzing some behavioral data of dairy cows and provides breeding advice to dairy farmers.

They developed a wearable device specifically for cows, Ida, with the goal of understanding and interpreting cow behavior, obtaining relevant data, and making decisions to keep cows healthy.

The device on the cow's neck is IDA

Through Ida, the team can keep track of the cows' living habits and physical conditions, such as diet, drinking water, rest, fertility, temperature, etc. Because Ida's main job is to collect information, the data generated will be processed in the model through TensorFlow.

Ida can also predict problems early, spotting cases like malformations or digestive disorders, and advise farmers on how to keep their cows healthy and more efficient. Based on these recommendations, the team has already increased dairy production on the farm by 30%.

It seems that it is not impossible for AI engineers to become Marvel heroes. As long as they continue to hone their superpowers - TensorFlow, they can use it as a powerful weapon to protect the earth.

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