return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFarmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his cropswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down14
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minus-squareLilB0kChoy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·19 hours agoThey 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.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-219 hours agoAnd 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.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’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.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoApparently any automation is now ‘AI’.
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.
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.
Apparently any automation is now ‘AI’.