Science (AAAS) reported in mid-August 2024 that combining international datasets with AI-driven technology could reveal more about Earth’s evolution and current concerns, from earthquakes to energy production.
Although geology delves into ancient periods such as the Stone Age, the field has begun to appear a little behind the times. Geology’s traditional methods such as fieldwork and rock dating are unable to keep pace with big data and evolving demands of exploration and understanding.
Enter GeoGPT: an artificial intelligence (AI) toolset to shatter archaic practices and propel geology into a new era. Geologists around the world combine data and computational analysis to better understand and to predict geological events, such as earthquakes. To expand such international efforts, Zhejiang Lab, a research institution in Hangzhou, China, invited hundreds of scientists to collaborate on the creation of GeoGPT. According to Mike Stephenson, the founding president of Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE), GeoGPT is “a system built for geologists by geologists.”
Much like using ChatGPT, scientists can ask GeoGPT questions and receive AI-driven answers. These researchers can also use GeoGPT to explore a range of
geological data, from earthquakes and fossils to mineral and petroleum deposits. This tool also maps geological data or abstracts data from research articles. With this open-source tool that adapts to multiple languages, geoscientists can save time and collaborate with researchers around the world.
Similar to the idea that complex problems benefit from a multidisciplinary approach, GeoGPT exemplifies how AI can facilitate the synthesis of diverse information to uncover new insights in the field of geosciences.
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