AI being used to help before, during, and after hurricane season [Video]

Hurricane season is underway June 1 and now new technology is being used in hurricane preparedness.

KPMG, a tax and audit advisory service in the Tampa Bay area, is partnering with The Department of Emergency Management to use artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of paperwork.

They say that will ensure different municipalities are not only prepared to deal with a bad storm, but to also expedite the recovery process.

ABC Action News anchor James Tully spoke with Chad Poppell with KPMG.

He understands that AI and machine learning can make some people nervous, but says that in this case, the AI is only providing a helping hand that will hopefully save countless hours of work.

“As a firm, we believe that the human being has to be the pilot, so the AI helps sift through information, and as more cases get developed and folks get more comfortable with applications you need the human being, and …