AI in the Prehistoric Great Lakes

Name: AI in the Prehistoric Great Lakes
Start: 2025-05-15T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 1410 College Dr. , Traverse City, MI, United States, Michigan 49686

Schedule

Thu, 15 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1410 College Dr. , Traverse City, MI, United States, Michigan 49686 | Traverse City, MI

Presented by Points North podcast, Interlochen Public Radio and Dennos Museum Center in Milliken Auditorium.
In 2013, scientists from Michigan and Wisconsin used virtual reality to discover an ancient hunting site in the Great Lakes. At the Drop 45 site, there are 9,000 year-old hunting blinds and tools, and nearby is a fireplace with charcoal and trees rooted in the bottom of Lake Huron, all preserved in 120 feet of cold freshwater. The archeologists had help from AI caribou placed in a virtual world that simulates what Lake Huron was like before the water rose to its current level. Meet the scientists, visit the virtual prehistoric world they made and see the AI caribou that roam there.
Read and listen to the IPR story here: https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/podcast/points-north/2024-01-19/can-ai-caribou-lead-us-to-our-prehistoric-past
Learn more about the Drop 45 Site here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/lakehuron-arch/research/pre-historic-archaeology-on-the-alpena-amberly-ridge/sites/the-drop-45-site/
Tickets are $15.