3 Ways AI Can Help Farmers Tackle the Challenges of Modern Agriculture
The Conversation
Posted Nov 30, 2023
For all the attention on flashy new artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, the challenges of regulating AI, and doomsday scenarios of super intelligent machines, AI is a useful tool in many fields. In fact, it has enormous potential to benefit humanity.
In agriculture, farmers are increasingly using AI-powered tools to tackle challenges that threaten human health, the environment and food security. Researchers forecast the market for these tools to reach US$12 billion by 2032.
As a researcher studying agricultural and rural policy, Iowa State University Ph.D. student in Rural Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture Joe Hollis sees three promising developments in agricultural AI: federated learning, pest and disease detection and forecasting prices.
Read Hollis’ full article in The Conversation here.