Comment by hn_throwaway_99

So I guess "A.I." is the new buzzword for how we describe all digital technology going forward. FWIW I thought this was a better article that described the actual tech used by KoBold, https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-mining. Now, that article was written by the KoBold CEO, so there are certainly parts of it I'd take with a giant chunk of salt, but I think it's easier to read that article (and read past some of the AI buzzwords) to see how they're probably using (a) better surveying tech and (b) standard machine learning techniques to generate maps of potential deposits.