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way, it can create new images with the
synthetic EO image attached.” Cabrera
points to the usefulness of such technology
in response to disasters such as
the California wildfires, making previously
obscured areas visible to build up
a better picture of what is happening on
the ground.
Cabrera hails the open nature of
machine learning as meaning that it’s
now accessible to far more people.
“When I first heard I was going to learn
machine learning, I didn’t know what
it was. But AI is so democratized now
that I could learn a lot of information
just from searching the internet. The
two years that I was able to spend with
a non-stop focus on machine learning
and AI have meant I’ve been able to
bring back a lot of benefits.”
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