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Is it worth devoting the time to achieve resource optimization through improved decision-making? Those that fail to take advantage of AI are at risk of being overtaken by forward-looking competitors.
Published 2/20/2017 | Updated on 4/2/2025 Published on Ag Funder News (Joseph Byrum) and Global Ag Tech Initiative Marvel’s Iron
By combining key technologies like AI, big data, and autonomous systems, smart technology can achieve more than the unassisted human mind could ever accomplish.
The power of AI is how it can democratize expertise, lowering the barriers to entry for tasks that once could only be performed by specialists.
Reflection on the fundamental differences between machines, mankind and the notion of intelligence itself – starting with foundations of AI.
The more we turn over decisions to AI, the more we must ensure that procedures are in place to catch the mistakes made not by the humans who set up and operate the systems.
The lesson as we develop increasingly powerful A.I. solutions is that the A.I. can never substitute for due diligence. In other words, Byrum says, validation and verification remain crucial.
Gartner predicts that by 2022, one in five workers engaged in mostly non-routine tasks will rely on AI to do a job.
We’re nowhere near the point where machine-learning algorithms could become self-aware, much less develop an unrelenting grudge against mankind.
