Wildfire season length, frequency, and burn area have increased in the past few decades. To combat this, scientists are combining supercomputer technology with indigenous prescribed burn practices.

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Wildfires have been growing in severity and intensity since the 1980’s. As climate change encourages hotter, drier seasons, fire is able to catch and spread rapidly, destroying the homes and ecosystems in its path.

To fight these megafires, fire scientists, machine learning experts, and data science researchers have come together at San Diego’s WIFIRE Lab in an effort to reduce these natural disasters.

By utilizing new AI computer detection technologies in tandem with indigenous practices like prescribed burns, WIFIRE is able to reduce the likelihood of wildfires before they even start.

0:00 Welcome to the Hard Reset Podcast
01:00 What makes this a Hard Reset?
04:16 How is WIFIRE changing our approach to firefighting?
11:17 Could the U.S. government help this tech grow?
19:35 How does this Hard Reset relate to climate change?
21:120 How could this technology be scaled?
24:44 What was the audience response to this tech?
39:59 What is the impact of this technology?
45:25 What were the meanest comments we got?

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