The use of AI for treasure hunting

[Colombiapictures]

The use of AI for treasure hunting​

Everybody talks about AI

How can we use AI for treasure hunting?

I am new to this, so I would appreciate all constructive input. Here is the way I understand it, please correct me if wrong and help me improve my understanding and knowledge in this new field.

AI can do many things. To “train” AI it must “read” an immense database. The database must be in digital form. Looking at “Gemini”, Google’s AI, it probably contains every book that Google has digitized.

“Gemini” can “think”, so it understands our questions and then search in its database for answers. It is also trained to know where to look for answers, so it can come up with a fast answer.

In the search for shipwrecks, “Gemini” knows to find every website and database on line and can quickly find a preliminary correct answer.

I wonder if “Gemini” has “Chaunu’s” books in it’s database? Has anybody tried to ask the question?

Straight answers out of a book are one thing, to interpret and understand the text is another thing.

This is apparent when it comes to navigation in the age of sail. We can surmise that all digitized books about navigation in the age of sail are in the database. But, does “Gemini” “understand” the old texts?

Do WE understand the old texts?

In the old historic accounts, we often need to “read between the lines” to interpret the meaning. For our understanding and interpretation we use the database in our brain, knowledge accumulated over many, many years and an intuitive “search engine” to find answers to the questions we pose ourselves.

Does AI have an “intuitive search engine?

Probably not. AI works with mathematical equations. The equations tell it where to search and the probability of finding the right answer.

I am convinced that AI is a fantastic tool. How can we make best use of it in the search of treasure?

 

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[Derbyshire Detectorist]

Hello Columbiapictures.
A good topic and i hope you dont mind my reply and opinions.
In my humble opinion AI can have some positive use within the metal detecting hobby.
On use I see is in field testing and updating new metal detectors. It is quite possible that future metal detectors will be able to record, soil conditions, moisture levels, gps data in detail, swing speed,height above ground level , settings used etc, and then the operator will either manually confirm the find. This data to get back to the manafacturer where AI software can analyse the data and recommend improvements or fixes.
This could avoid or mitigate past new release issues with new detectors, for users and manafacturers. Fixes could automatically be sent to users of detectors in the form of new programs or updates to try out.
The use AI Agents in manafacturing, distribution and sales , would improve effiencies and reduce costs and hopefully some of these savings will be passed onto detectorists.
In time you could have remote detectors which could identify finds and then you could simply go to the location and rescue the object.
I am sure that AI could be used to identify potentially positive sites for further exploration.
I think that forums and websites will have AI agents embedded in the software that will be able to communicate with each other to enhance the experience of the human user. For example better search results, topics that are only relevant to the reader , better targeting of advertisments , and appropriateness of ads that captive the readers attention.
so you could say to your search engine find me a detector with certain qualities, feedback and ethical manafacturing ratings from reliable sources , within a certain price range , and your AI agent would get back to you within seconds with quotes of the three best offers. Hopefully you will pick one and the AI agent will communicate with the AI agent of the seller , purchase the detector for you and ever arrange suitable delivery.
Less hassle , hopefully lower prices, Improved finds but could lead to more impulse purchases. I am sure that other uses of AI will happen

 

[Physics guy]

Great idea! Imagine if the AI training material included the General Archive of the Indies, which is in the process of being digitized and placed online.* It’s digitized images, not text, but there are now AI-powered cursive-to-text converters which might eventually be capable of reading the Spanish handwriting of the era and producing Spanish (and English) text, which could then be in an AI database.

I wonder if uber-wealthy treasure hunter Anthony Clake is already using AI. If not, he should be.

*https://digitalorientalist.com/2024...ares-project-a-brief-introduction-and-review/

 

[Colombiapictures]

Thank you Ph_g for the fantastic contribution.

Below something more about treasure hunter Anthony Clake. A good treasure hunting story.

Hedge fund managers search for £300bn treasure at bottom of sea

The expeditions are a rich man's game - long, expensive and with no guarantee of uncovering a haul. But like many adventurers before them, the chance of a discovery is too powerful a reward.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

 

[Colombiapictures]

And here we go.... discover the new world of AI

 

[Darren in NC]

ColPic, Will Carrier has been hawking wrecks off Ireland to unsuspecting investors for years. This is a DMS brochure from 2012 regarding the Arabic, Hesperian and Dunsley lost on the southern side of Ireland. They got their information from a group known as Blue Lighthouse, LTD. Anyone remember that group? Hopefully this new project will actually produce some results.

 

[Physics guy]

Bloomberg Businessweek published an article in 2023 about Anthony Clake’s treasure hunting ventures. It was behind their paywall, but here it is minus the paywall:

Hedge fund tycoon Anthony Clake doubles as world's top deep-sea treasure hunter

Featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Nov. 20, 2023. Illustration: Ricardo Rey From Bloomberg by Kit Chellel, Olivia Solon and Jonathan Br...

blog.geogarage.com

Meanwhile, Martin Bayerle is planning on beginning recovery of the RMS Republic cargo this summer if he can finish raising the necessary funding from investors.

 

[enrada]

I think AI has the potential to make dumb people think they are smart. Personally I will do my own research and go to Books Google or interlibrary loan to get my hands on the actual information and then go to the Bibliography to chase down any ORIGINAL manuscripts or documents that AI can't interpret. Thank you very much.

 

[Denniss]

Could be used to analyze aerial photos

 

[Colombiapictures]

The way I understand it, AI can be "trained" to do specific jobs.