Ngoxhaso olusha olusha luka-$20 wezigidi, iNyuvesi yaseWashington State izohola isikhungo sokucwaninga sezikhungo eziningi ukuze sithuthukise izixazululo zobuhlakani bokwenziwa (AI) ukuze kubhekwane nezinselelo ezinkulu zezolimo ezihlobene nomsebenzi, amanzi, isimo sezulu kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Lesi sikhungo esisha singesinye sezingu-11 ezethulwe ngabakwa- I-National Science Foundation naphakathi kwamabili axhaswe yi- Umnyango Wezolimo wase-US-Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sokudla Nezolimo ngo-2021. Ibizwa ngokuthi Isikhungo se-AgAID, okufushane kokuthi i-USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support.
Nakuba ukuthuthukiswa kwe-AI yendabuko kubandakanya ososayensi abenza amathuluzi futhi bawahambise kubasebenzisi bokugcina, i-AgAID Institute izobandakanya abantu abazosebenzisa izixazululo ze-AI - kusukela kubalimi nabasebenzi kuya kubenzi bezinqubomgomo - ekuthuthukisweni kwabo, kusho u-Ananth Kalyanaraman, i-computer yesayensi ye-WSU. uprofesa kanye nomseshi oyinhloko weSikhungo.
“Abantu bayingxenye ye-ecosystem yezolimo. Akuzona izitshalo kuphela ezikhulayo. Abantu baxhaphaza izitshalo nsuku zonke futhi bathathe izinqumo eziyinkimbinkimbi, njengokuthi ukwabiwa kwamanzi noma ukudambisa imiphumela yesiphepho esifikayo,” kusho uKalyanaraman, ophinde abe nguSihlalo weBoeing eSikoleni Sobunjiniyela Begesi kanye Nesayensi Yekhompyutha eWSU. "Sihlose ukusebenzisana nolwazi lwabantu ngamathuluzi e-AI ngendlela ekhulisa imiphumela lapho lonke likhulu kunesamba sezingxenye zalo."
I-AgAID Institute izoba umzamo ohlanganisa izigwegwe eziningi, ngokubambisana okubandakanya ubuhlakani nososayensi abanolwazi emikhakheni eyahlukene yesayensi yamakhompiyutha, ezolimo kanye nokufinyelela kwezolimo.
Ngaphezu kwe-WSU, amalungu eSikhungo ahlanganisa i-Oregon State University; Inyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eMerced; Inyuvesi yaseVirginia; I-Carnegie Mellon University; Inyuvesi Yamagugu; Wenatchee Valley College; kanye ne-Kansas State University. Abalingani bezinkampani ezizimele bahlanganisa Ucwaningo lwe-IBM kanye nokuqala i-innov8.ag.
I-AgAID Institute izothatha indlela “ye-adopt-adapt-amplify,” kusho uKalyanaraman. Lokhu kusho ukuthi okokuqala Isikhungo sizoklama izixazululo ze-AI ngokubambisana nabantu abasebenzisa amathuluzi, ngakho ziyasebenza futhi maningi amathuba okuthi zamukelwe. Abacwaningi bazophinde basebenze ukwenza izixazululo ezingakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ezishintshayo futhi ezikhulisa ukukhiqiza ngokuhlanganisa amakhono omuntu kanye namakhono omshini ukuze asebenze kangcono kunokuba kungaba yedwa. Isibonelo, ukuthena izihlahla kuwumsebenzi onamakhono aphezulu, kodwa isisebenzi esisezingeni eliqalayo singazuza ethuluzini le-AI elinikeza isiqondiso sochwepheshe ukusiza ukunquma ukuthi iliphi igatsha elingcono kakhulu okufanele lithenwe. Umsebenzi wenziwa kangcono, futhi isisebenzi siqala ukufunda empendulweni, futhi ngenxa yokushoda kwabasebenzi abanamakhono, i-AI ingazuza kokubili insimu yezithelo nesisebenzi, kusho uKalyanaraman.
“Kuwukubambisana. I-AI ingasisiza ngokuyisisekelo ukuvala ukuhlukana phakathi kwabasebenzi abanamakhono aphezulu nabangenamakhono aphansi,” kusho yena.
Ukufundisa abasebenzi kuwo wonke amazinga kubalulekile ku-AgAID Institute hhayi nje ukukhuthaza ukutholwa kwe-AI kodwa njengendaba yokulingana, ngokusho kwabaholi Besikhungo. Isikhungo sihlela izinhlelo eziningi zemfundo kusukela ku-K-12 ngemfundo ephakeme nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi. Umgomo uwukukhulisa amazinga ekhono le-AI nokuvula izindlela ezintsha zemisebenzi, ezingathuthukisa iholo kanye nezinga lempilo yabasebenzi bezolimo. Futhi ingaheha abantu abaningi emisebenzini yezolimo neyokwenza ikhompuyutha.
I-AgAID Institute izokwenza izivivinyo ezimbalwa eziyinselele ezibandakanya izitshalo ezikhethekile, eziningi zazo ezikhula eNtshonalanga ye-United States, njengama-apula, ama-cherries, iminti nama-alimondi. Lezi zitshalo zibandakanya izinselele eziningi ezinkulu: zidinga umsebenzi onzima nokunisela. Baphinde babe sengozini yezehlakalo zesimo sezulu kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Izitshalo ezikhethekile zenza ama-87% abasebenzi bezolimo base-US, futhi cishe ama-40% alezi zitshalo ahlala isikhathi eside, adinga ukuphathwa kwesikhathi eside kanye nokuhlelwa kwezinsiza.
Izinselelo ezinzima ezilethwa yilawa macala zizosho ukuthi izixazululo ze-AgAID Institute zizohlolwa ngokuqinile ngaphambi kokuba zidluliselwe kwezinye izifunda zezwe, kusho uKalyanaraman.
“Siyazi ukuthi i-AI inamandla amakhulu okuthola izinto eziyisisekelo futhi iguqule amakhono ethu okuthatha izinqumo ngendlela enolwazi lwedatha, kodwa ubuchwepheshe budinga ukuthuthukiswa ngendlela ecophelela kakhulu,” esho.
Lo mklomelo uyingxenye yokutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile okwenziwa yizinhlangano zikahulumeni esifundazweni sase-Washington AI ubuholi, kuphawulwe USen. Maria Cantwell. Izikhungo ezimbili kweziyi-11 ezixhaswe ngemali zizoholwa amanyuvesi esifundazweni: ngaphezu kwe-AgAID Institute eholwa yi-WSU, iNyuvesi yaseWashington izobe ihola i-NSF AI Institute for Dynamic Systems.
"Isifunda saseWashington sesivele sihamba phambili kwezobuhlakani bokwenziwa," kusho uCantwell. “Kusukela eNyuvesi yaseWashington's Tech Policy Lab efunda izinselelo ezinkulu mayelana nobuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuya emsebenzini weNyuvesi yaseWashington State kwezolimo olunembayo, sesikulungele kakhulu lezi zibonelelo ezimbili ukuze zisisize siqonde izicelo zobuhlakani bokwenziwa. I-UW izosebenza endaweni yezinhlelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ukuze kuthuthukiswe imikhakha efana neyokukhiqiza kanti i-WSU izosebenzela ekuthuthukiseni ukulima.”
Ummeli uCathy McMorris Rodgers naye uzwakalise ukusekela kwakhe Isikhungo esisha se-AgAID.
"IWashington State University sekuyisikhathi eside ihola kwezolimo, emisha kanye nobuchwepheshe," kusho uMcMorris Rodgers. “Ngaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye yengxoxo eNgqungqutheleni yezoLimo ye-AI yenyuvesi ngo-Okthoba 2020 futhi kuyangijabulisa ukubona ukuthi i-WSU ithola ukuqokwa njenge-USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support namuhla. Lesi sikhungo, esaziwa nangokuthi i-AgAID, sizohlanganisa izindlela ze-AI emisebenzini yezolimo ukuze kuqalwe, kusekelwe izinqumo kanye nezolimo ezisebenza ngamarobhothi ukuze kubhekwane nezinselelo zezolimo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezibhekene ne-Eastern Washington kanye nesizwe. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukubona umsebenzi omusha ozophuma kulesi Sikhungo ukuxhasa izimboni zezolimo zombuso wethu.”
- Sara Zaske, WSU Izindaba
Uzakwethu wase-WSU ngemva kokuthola ubudokotela u-Abhilash Chandel uchazela ithimba le-AgAID Institute ukuthi ubuchwepheshe be-drone benzwa buqoqa kanjani idatha yezithombe ezibonisa izinto eziningi kanye nezishisayo “epulazini elihlakaniphile” elise-Yakima County. Isithombe: WSU