• ashashlondon@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I guess it must be programmed to recognise what a weed looks like to be able to identify it against what isn’t. Is that AI? I have no idea. Seems like everything at the moment is AI.

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        1 year ago

        Even pre defined parameters can be identified and set using an AI model. In fact I believe this is more likely than installing the AI model on the weed plucking device.

        So yes AI. No, not an active AI model thinking while weeding.

    • weaselmaster@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I say NOT AI.

      I mean, pattern matching has been a thing for a long time, and getting more and more sophisticated, but slapping an AI label on a (albeit new and interesting) robot tractor seems unnecessary, and degrades the meaning of the term.

      And don’t get me started on calling their crop ‘5G Onions’!

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      1 year ago

      Most likely it is programmed to if the specific crop at all stages of development and eliminate everything else.

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      1 year ago

      Laser weeder’s have been doing this for years. I don’t think AI has anything to do with it other than a marketing buzz words