Project teams humans and AI to scan social media posts to aid in disaster response

(Virginia Tech) Given the immense amount of data in social media posts, only some of which may be important to emergency managers, researchers are using artificial intelligence, or AI, to make the process more efficient. Such computer systems use a process called machine learning, in which the computers are " trained " by humans, who help identify the characteristics of relevant posts in different situations.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news