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As players classify animals, they’re actually training machine learning algorithms. Eventually, Katija said, those algorithms will help scientists sort through the massive backlogs of aquatic visual data.

The Moss Landing-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is letting artificial intelligence — and gamers — take the reins. This summer, MBARI launched a beta version of its new game app, FathomVerse. The game drops users into an aquatic world with tasks and missions to complete.

As players classify animals, they’re actually training machine learning algorithms. Eventually, Katija said, those algorithms will help scientists sort through the massive backlogs of aquatic visual data.