🦟 Singapore is using AI to extinct its mosquito population

🦟 Singapore is using AI to extinct its mosquito population. This might be the most based use of AI ever. Singapore has a serious dengue problem, so it came up with a ridiculous-sounding solution: breed and release more than 10 million mosquitoes every week. But there’s a catch. These are specially bred male Aedes mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia. When they mate with wild females, their eggs don’t hatch. Here’s where AI comes in: • AI-powered cameras rapidly inspect millions of mosquitoes and separate males from females. • Any females that slip through get sterilized with low-dose X-rays. • The males are then loaded into vans and released across neighborhoods. • They compete with wild males for mates. • When they win, the eggs never hatch. @aipost 🏴