*** This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. The High Route: What exactly does artificial intelligence mean in your snow science community? Pascal Haegeli: That’s a big question. Over the last two years, at least amidst popular culture, artificial intelligence has really been on the minds of almost everybody…
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Super interesting info here, thanks Jason! My mind immediately imagines an app that shows my location in real time on a 3D map with location specific avalanche hazard indicated, much like slope angle shading. Taking weather models and snow information into account and giving a real time, granular avalanche forecast across an entire landscape. Then, you could hunt for the good snow and avoid avalanche hazard by looking at the map. That is basically how I attempt go about my ski tour planning anyways, but I imagine an AI algorithm can get much better at this terrain and weather specific analysis and do it much faster than even the most dedicated user of a backcountry ski zone. Imagine if you could get the ultimate local ski guide on your phone. Obviously this brings up a lot of deeper issues in terms of importance of user attention to actual conditions etc, but it seems inevitable that something like this is not that far away!
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