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What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields

  • Written by Debra Lam, Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
What happens when AI comes to the cotton fieldsA researcher works in a cotton field in Jenkins County, Georgia, as part of a project on AI and pesticide use.Dorothy Seybold

Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and respond to changes within a farm field in real time. This includes using artificial intelligence technologies for tasks such...

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