In an exciting matching game, the aim is to identify the various reef inhabitants such as coral, sea cucumber and algae based only on their color diagrams. Using an eyepiece, visitors first memorize the color spectra in learning mode. In the challenge, visitors can then prove how well their own ability to assign things works under time pressure. Visitors compete against artificial intelligence: whoever assigns more diagrams to the right organisms in a short time wins.
In the game, visitors learn to recognize objects based solely on color information, essentially similar to artificial intelligence. The technology developed in the research project is presented in a lovingly designed animated film. For anyone who wants to find out more about the project and the research work at the Max Planck Institute, an integrated media library offers many exciting insights.
The Virtual HyperDiver will be on board the MS Wissenschaft from May to October 2019. The exhibition on board the floating science center, like the Science Year 2019, is dedicated to the topic of artificial intelligence. How does artificial intelligence work? How will we shape the collaboration between humans and machines in the future? What ethical questions arise? These are just some of the questions we want to ask ourselves in the 2019 Science Year.
Coral reefs are very species-rich and react extremely sensitively to changes. But you can only protect what you know. The HyperDiver uses artificial intelligence to determine the biodiversity and health of a reef. To do this, it has special cameras that are also used in satellites and that provide it with additional information. When diving, the HyperDiver is transported over the reef. It photographs the reef inhabitants. These photos are initially used to train the HyperDiver's artificial intelligence. But then it can independently and reliably recognize corals, sponges, starfish, sea cucumbers and anemones.
Habitats are changing ever more rapidly around the world, due to global warming, tourism and raw material extraction, amongst other reasons. This change is difficult to research using conventional methods. The HyperDiver's artificial intelligence can collect data in the coral reef much faster and more accurately than humans - which makes it easier to respond to threats.
