Delaware officials hope an influx of federal infrastructure money will trigger future evacuation plans automatically via artificial intelligence.
FILE - Waves crash near a beachgoer on July 13, 2022, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Delaware is getting help from the federal government for its effort to use artificial intelligence to automatically trigger the evacuation of crowded beaches amid major flooding. The project landed one of several infrastructure grants the Biden administration is expected to announce Thursday, May 25, 2023, that involve high-tech solutions to traffic congestion problems.
“What you don’t want to do is make the decision too late and then you have vehicles caught out,” said Gene Donaldson, operations manager at the state’s 24-hour Transportation Management Center. That's where AI comes in. Rather than sending a crew to the scene to block an impassable road, the system uses sensors to detect weather threats — and even can predict them. Then, it sends the information directly to drivers through cellphone alerts while broadcasting them simultaneously on electronic highway signs.
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