Uhlelo lweNational Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes lunikeze uxhaso lweminyaka emihlanu, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-20 ukuhlola izinhloso ze-AI eziyisisekelo kanye nokusetshenziswa okusha kwe-AI ukuthuthukisa “ipulazi lekusasa” elizimele elizimele, elilindele umhlaba lapho izinhlelo ezishayelwa yi-AI ezingabizi kakhulu. vumela abafuyi nabalimi ukuthi bathole intuthuko enkulu ezivunweni kanye nenzuzo enomthelela omncane noma omuhle wemvelo.
Iphrojekthi, i-AI Institute for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management and Sustainability (AIFARMS) ixhaswe yiNational Institute of Food and Agriculture yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US (NIFA) kanye neNational Science Foundation (NSF). ISikhungo sizogxila eNyuvesi yase-Illinois e-Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) futhi ithimba laso elinamalungu angama-40 lizosebenzela ukuthuthukisa ucwaningo lwe-AI oluyisisekelo embonweni wekhompyutha, ukufunda ngomshini, ukukhohlisa kwezinto ezithambile kanye nokusebenzisana kwerobhothi enembile ukuze kuxazululwe ezolimo ezinkulu. izinselelo ezihlanganisa ukushoda kwabasebenzi, ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kanye nenhlalakahle kwezolimo zezilwane, ukwenza ngcono ukusimama kwezitshalo ezizungezile, kanye nokubhekana nesidingo sokuvikela impilo yomhlabathi.
U-Todd Mockler, PhD, ilungu kanye noGeraldine kanye noRobert Virgil Umphenyi Ohlonishwayo e-Danforth Centre bazohola ithimba labacwaningi elisebenzisa izindlela ze-AI ukuze likhiphe ama-phenotypes ezitshalo, kumasethi edatha yezinzwa ukuze kusheshiswe ukuthuthukiswa kwezitshalo, kugxilwe ekuthuthukiseni i-nitrogen ne-nitrogen. ukusetshenziswa kahle kwamanzi ezitshalweni ezinkulu zemigqa ezifana nommbila nesoya.
“Ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo nemfuyo kuyizinhlelo eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ezondla izigidigidi zabantu naphezu kwezindleko eziqinile kanye nezingozi ezingapheli zesimo sezulu nezinye izinselele zangaphandle. Ngijabule ngokuba yingxenye yeqembu elihle lozakwethu emikhakheni eyahlukene kusukela kubuhlakani bokwenziwa kuye kwezamarobhothi kuya kubhayoloji yokutshala. Kusho uMhlengi. "Isikhungo se-AIFARMS sikulungele ukubhekana nezinselelo ezibalulekile ezibhekene nezolimo emhlabeni wonke ngenkathi sithuthukisa ukuqina kwezitshalo kanye nokusimama kwezinhlelo zokukhiqiza izitshalo nemfuyo."
I-AIFARMS Institute iholwa ngu-Vikram Adve, PhD, umphenyi oyinhloko kanye no-Donald B. Gillies uSolwazi we Isayensi yekhompyutha eNyuvesi yase-Illinois' Grainger College of Engineering, Lesi sikhungo sihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obujulile bokucwaninga nezinhlelo zemfundo eqinile nezinhlelo zokufinyelela kwezolimo zedijithali ukuze kukhule abasebenzi abahlukahlukene abanamakhono e-AI, bafinyelele ezindaweni zasemakhaya kanye nabanye abantu abangenawo usizo, nokudala indawo yokuhlanzeka emhlabeni wonke ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukusebenzisana komphakathi obanzi ocwaningweni lwezolimo oluqhutshwa yi-AI. . I-AIFARMS iphinde ibe neziqu ezintsha ezihlangene zeComputer Science+Agriculture ukuqeqesha isizukulwane esilandelayo sososayensi ocwaningweni lwezolimo oluqhutshwa yi-AI.
“Ngijabule futhi ngithobekile ngokuhola i-AIFARMS Institute. I-Illinois kanye nezikhungo esisebenzisana nazo zingabaholi bomhlaba emkhakheni wesayensi yamakhompiyutha, ubuhlakani bokwenziwa, kanye nocwaningo lwezolimo, futhi lawa mandla abonakala ngobubanzi nokujula kwethimba le-AIFARMS,” kusho u-Adve. "Ngokugqugquzela ukusebenzisana okuseduze phakathi kwalaba bacwaningi, futhi ngokukhulisa kanye nokwehlukanisa abasebenzi abanamakhono kwezolimo zedijithali, sinethuba elijabulisayo lokusiza ukubhekana nezinselelo ezinzima kakhulu ezolimo emhlabeni wonke ezibhekene nazo namuhla."
Ngaphezu kwe-UIUC kanye ne-Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, ithimba lephrojekthi lihlanganisa ososayensi base-University of Chicago, Michigan State University, Tuskegee University, USDA Agricultural Research Service, kanye ne-Argonne National Laboratory.
"Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwe-Federal kwezolimo esizukulwaneni esilandelayo kubonisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekugcineni ubuciko bezolimo baseMelika buhamba phambili kwesayensi yomhlaba wonke," kusho Ibamba Lomqondisi we-USDA-NIFA uParag Chitnis. "Lezi zikhungo ezigxile kakhulu esikhathini esizayo zizosebenzisa amasu akamuva avela kuzo zonke izingxenye zesayensi okuhlanganisa isayensi yamangqamuzana, ubunjiniyela namarobhothi ukuthola izixazululo zezinselelo eziningi ezibhekene nezolimo, kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kwezitshalo kanye nenhlalakahle yezilwane kuya ekushoda kwezisebenzi nokuphepha kwamapulazi."
I-NAIRI ingumzamo ohlanganyelwe phakathi kwe I-National Science Foundation (NSF) kanye noMnyango Wezolimo wase-US Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sokudla Nezolimo yakhiwe ngokuphendula isibuyekezo se-White House sika-2019 ku- I-National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlinzeka ngosekelo locwaningo lwe-AI olugxile ekubambeni nasekuthuthukiseni umphakathi.
IMIPHUMELA YOCWANINGO
Isekelwe ku-1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center iyisikhungo socwaningo esingenzi nzuzo esinomgomo wokuthuthukisa isimo somuntu ngesayensi yezitshalo. Ucwaningo, imfundo kanye nokufinyelela emphakathini kuhloswe ukuba kube nomthelela ekuxhumaneni kokuvikeleka kokudla kanye nemvelo, futhi kubeke isifunda sase-St. Louis njengesikhungo somhlaba sesayensi yezitshalo. Umsebenzi walesi sikhungo uxhaswe ngezimali zezibonelelo ezincintisanayo ezivela emithonjeni eminingi, okuhlanganisa iNational Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, kanye neBill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Silandele ku-Twitter ku- @DanforthCenter.