Use of AI and Computer Vision in Indoor Farming: Misconceptions
I saw this catchy title a couple of days ago: AI-enhanced indoor farming takes root at the University of ... According to the news source, " AI-enhanced indoor farming is taking root through University's Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science researchers are growing plants under an Artificial Intelligence system that is designed to identify any signs of sickness or distress in the plants ", and I quote. It's good to see they are getting involved in agricultural related research considering the fact that the aforementioned university does not have a college of agriculture. It's true that AI and computer vision are powerful tools and agriculture can benefit from them. What bothers me though is the fact that in studies like this the domain (agriculture) they're developing tools for is largely ignored. There are a number of issues I have frequently seen overlooked by people involved in similar studies (not necessary related to the...