New AI-Powered General Model Better Explains Ecology of an Island Written by AZoRoboticsDec 14 2020 Ecology involves the interaction of millions of species in billions of distinct ways, both with their environment and between them. Usually, ecosystems appear chaotic, or at least startling for someone making efforts to understand them and make predictions for the future. Native forest at Santa Barbara, Terceira, where many Azorean endemic species survive. Image Credit: University of Helsinki. Both artificial intelligence and machine learning have the ability to identify patterns and estimate results in ways that often mimic human reasoning. They open the door for increasingly robust cooperation between humans and computers.