A team composed of engineers, physicists, and data scientists have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time. The research opens the door for more dynamic control of a fusion reaction than current approaches and provides a foundation for using artificial intelligence to solve a broad range of plasma instabilities, which have long been obstacles to achieving a sustained fusion reaction.
A team composed of engineers, physicists, and data scientists have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time. The research opens the door for more dynamic control of a fusion reaction than current approaches and provides a foundation for using artificial intelligence to solve a broad range of plasma instabilities, which have long been obstacles to achieving a sustained fusion reaction. A team composed of engineers, physicists, and data scientists have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time. The research opens the door for more dynamic control of a fusion reaction than current approaches and provides a foundation for using artificial intelligence to solve a broad range of plasma instabilities, which have long been obstacles to achieving a sustained fusion reaction.