This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science.

I'm Steve Mursky.

So what is a connection between AI and Ronassarai?

Surprisingly direct.

Bernard Meerson, chief innovation officer at IBM.

He spoke recently at the Cooper Union here in New York City

as part of a panel discussing the intersection of artificial intelligence AI ethics and health care.

So where do rhinos come in?

As you know poaching rhinos is a huge problem.

The rhinosphorus horn represents about 30 years of revenue, 30 years of income to an individual in sub-Saharan Africa.

And that is why basically if you manage to kill a rhino and get a horn. It essentially is like winning the lottery.

Unfortunately, it's not so good for the rhino,

not to mention you deplete a precious species yet again,

and poaching is a huge issue.

What people don't know is about a thousand gamekeepers.

The UN kept numbers until I think 2014 have been murdered by poachers

in order to get at the animals being protected.

This is about humans.

Well, how do you basically protect rhinos with AI? That's a good question.

Somebody said, you know, being a kid who grew up in the Bronx, my thought as well, you know, you put a collar on the

rhino and analyze where they are their travel patterns and the guy who ran the reserve in

South Africa sort of laughs said this does not help. That's the Welgavandin game reserve.

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