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AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air

  • Written by Leila Character, Doctoral student in Geography, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageIt should be obvious to this diver that this is a shipwreck and not a reef, but what about to someone looking at a image of this spot taken from an aircraft?LookBermuda/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

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