Did you know South Korea plans to build AI supercomputers?

The South Korean government announced this week that they will be spending about 86.7 million Dollars on supercomputers for artificial intelligence!

Supercomputers can analyse massive amounts of data faster, and help governments make more accurate decisions, like predicting natural disasters.

South Korea will use the supercomputers to develop artificial intelligence. The Internet of Things and big data analytics in government like the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said 8.6 million Dollars will have to be spent every year for the next 10 years to build the computers and develop the technologies.

The first phase of the project will build a supercomputer in five years, which could predict marine disasters, landslides and wildfires.

The supercomputer will be capable of processing a quadrillion (1000 trillion) digits in a second. In the next five years, the computer’s capacity will grow by 30 times.

“The latest developments in artificial intelligence have been made possible through supercomputers supporting high-speed data processing of large datasets,” the ministry said.

The government plans to spend 840 million Dollars to research and develop artificial intelligence in the next five years.

They are also busy building fire rescue robots which could replace humans in complex missions, like in chemical plants and explosions.

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