Can Artificial Intelligence help find life on Mars or Icy Worlds? PRESS RELEASE DATE March 6, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org Biosignature probability maps from CNN models and statistical ecology...
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Can Artificial Intelligence help find life on Mars or Icy Worlds? PRESS RELEASE DATE March 6, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org Biosignature probability maps from CNN models and statistical ecology data. The colors in a) indicate the probability of biosignature detection. In b) a visible image of a gypsum dome geologic feature (left) with biosignature probability maps for various microhabitats (e.g., sand versus alabaster) within it. Figure credit: M. Phillips, F. Kalaitzis, K. Warren- Rhodes. March 6, 2023, Mountain View, CA – Wouldn’t finding life on other worlds be easier if we knew exactly where to look? Researchers have limited opportunities to collect samples on Mars or elsewhere or access remote sensing instruments when hunting for life beyond Earth. In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, an interdisciplinary study led by SETI Institute Senior Research Scientist Kim Warren-Rhodes, mapped the sparse life hidden away in s
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