Natural Hazards Research (Sep 2023)

Application of ChatGPT in natural disaster prevention and reduction

  • Zhiwen Xue,
  • Chong Xu,
  • Xiwei Xu

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 556 – 562

Abstract

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Improving disaster prevention, reduction, and emergency response capabilities is crucial in a country prone to frequent natural disasters. Since the release of ChatGPT, it has garnered widespread attention and sparked extensive discussions in various fields due to its powerful language processing and reasoning abilities. This paper explores the application of ChatGPT in natural disaster prevention and reduction, building upon its language capabilities. The paper examines ChatGPT's ability to gather information and its potential for disaster prevention science popularization and education. It describes the rapid response and availability of ChatGPT in natural disaster prevention and highlights its potential to assist emergency response efforts. The paper also outlines ChatGPT's assistance in the pre-disaster, during-disaster, and post-disaster phases. Additionally, it points out the current limitations and challenges in applying ChatGPT and provides prospects for future research directions in natural disaster prevention and reduction.

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