How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge | Sara Beery
TED Talks Daily25 Marras 2025

How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge | Sara Beery

Scientists estimate that 80 percent of life on Earth is still unknown to humanity. But as global temperatures rise, habitats shrink and food and water sources dry up, we're losing these species faster than we can discover them. AI naturalist Sara Beery reveals how the knowledge to study (and save) the natural world may already exist, buried in millions of images, recordings and observations. We just need to learn how to read them before it's too late.

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