How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
Summary
Researchers in the UK are using artificial intelligence (AI) and robots to create a huge digital museum with about 70 million plants, animals, fossils, and rocks. This digital collection will help scientists study changes in nature and the environment over time and will be open for the public to explore online.Key Facts
- The project uses AI and robots to scan and analyze millions of natural specimens from UK collections.
- Digitizing these specimens will reduce the time needed from hundreds of years to around ten years.
- The digital museum will include items collected over centuries, some from famous naturalists like Charles Darwin.
- Public access will allow anyone to view and learn about the natural world from a phone or computer.
- The project is funded by the UK Research and Innovation Agency’s Arts and Humanities Research Council.
- Early digitized specimens come from institutions like the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- The system is called the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo UK).
- Digitizing helps scientists track issues like insect decline and understand environmental changes.
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