OPINION

Forget AI, the human experience is crucial to exploration

Let’s call it now – exploration based on artificial intelligence is a dud

David Upton
AI may not be the answer to exploration. Image: Shutterstock

AI may not be the answer to exploration. Image: Shutterstock

The idea that AI will revolutionise exploration and find all the metals we need for the energy transition is false. Worse still, when the hyperbole around "exploration disruptors" comes crashing down,...

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