The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. Making sense of this information--Big Data--is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian organizations, which is precisely why they're turning to Digital Humanitarians. This new humanitarians mobilize online to make sense of vast volumes of data--social media and text messages; satellite and aerial imagery--in direct support of relief efforts worldwide. How? They craft ingenious crowdsourcing solutions with trail-blazing insights from artificial intelligence.

灾难期间产生的信息泛滥可能会像缺乏信息一样使人道主义反应陷于瘫痪。对传统人道主义组织来说，理解这些信息——大数据——是一个不可能的挑战，这正是他们转向数字人道主义者的原因。这种新的人道主义者在网上动员起来，利用海量数据——社交媒体和短信；卫星和航空图像——直接支持全世界的救援工作。怎样他们利用人工智能的独创性见解，精心设计了巧妙的众包解决方案。