The 67-year-old farmer was recommended by the AI to use "high-efficiency flupyrimethalin" and "flusulfasulfaether" (flufenacet) to kill weeds and mix it with "thiamethoxazine" and "methyl salt." As...
Clarkson farm had AI mapped field as to where to plant seeds based on ai analysing data on the ground quality, he praised it and while I’m no expert at farming, i do come from a farm and I remember this being a big waste everyone just accepts.
They didn’t use AI, they used an EMI and advanced technology to apply a data driven approach.
Then they got a drought. Turns out, even if you use technology and data to plant in a manner to optimize your yield you still need rain to grow things.
A lot of it actually is AI, as in the vast field of computer science called artificial intelligence. It’s a lot bigger than just LLMs and slop generators.
Clarkson farm had AI mapped field as to where to plant seeds based on ai analysing data on the ground quality, he praised it and while I’m no expert at farming, i do come from a farm and I remember this being a big waste everyone just accepts.
They didn’t use AI, they used an EMI and advanced technology to apply a data driven approach.
Then they got a drought. Turns out, even if you use technology and data to plant in a manner to optimize your yield you still need rain to grow things.
And this is why I dislike the term “AI”…
Someone here said it’s now a synonym for “technology.” At the moment I thought that was hyperbole, but really it’s about right.
A lot of it actually is AI, as in the vast field of computer science called artificial intelligence. It’s a lot bigger than just LLMs and slop generators.
Most of it just suffers from the AI effect.
Apparently any automation is now ‘AI’.
It’s all over the place.
Marketing teams throw the word AI into ads because it sells.
People are getting accustomed to assuming “AI” means smart.
It’s a shit word and I can’t wait for the bubble to pop. I say that as a marketer forced to shove the world AI everywhere.