In Search for the Rarest Plant: Art, Drones, and AI 艺术、无人机和人工智能：协同寻找最珍稀植物

Abstract 摘要

This paper proposes an experimental synthesis between art, technology, and conservation to search for one of the rarest cycad species in the world: the Encephalartos woodii, a cycad believed to be extinct in the wild. Only one specimen has ever been discovered. It has since been propagated in botanical gardens, and all existing specimens are male clones originating from this single plant. With the female specimen undiscovered, our project, AI in the Sky, partakes in the search for the female using drone technology and artificial intelligence (AI).

本文提出了艺术、技术和保护之间的实验性综合理念，其目的是寻找伍德苏铁。伍德苏铁是世界上最稀有的苏铁科物种之一，普遍认为野生伍德苏铁已经灭绝。迄今为止，仅发现一株野生伍德苏铁，自发现时起，伍德苏铁便一直在植物园中进行繁育。现存所有的伍德苏铁都是来自该株伍德苏铁的雄性克隆体。由于尚未发现雌性伍德苏铁，我们的项目“空中人工智能”（AI in the Sky）就是利用无人机技术和人工智能（AI）参与寻找雌株伍德苏铁。