Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka papahana National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes i ʻelima makahiki, $20 miliona kālā e ʻimi ai i nā pahuhopu AI kumu a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana o AI e hoʻomohala i kahi prototype autonomous "mahiʻai o ka wā e hiki mai ana," e kali ana i kahi honua i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele AI haʻahaʻa. hiki i nā mea hānai a me nā mea mahiʻai ke hoʻokō i nā hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā hua a me ka loaʻa kālā me ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka hopena maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni.
Kākoʻo ʻia ka papahana, AI Institute for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management and Sustainability (AIFARMS) e ka US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) a me ka National Science Foundation (NSF). E hoʻokumu ʻia ka Institute ma ke Kulanui o Illinois ma Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) a ʻo kāna hui 40-lālā e hana e holomua i ka noiʻi AI koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻike kamepiula, ka aʻo ʻana i ka mīkini, ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i nā mea palupalu a me ka pilina kanaka-robot intuitive e hoʻoponopono i ka mahiʻai nui. nā pilikia e pili ana i ka nele o ka hana, e hoʻonui i ka pono a me ka pono i ka mahiʻai holoholona, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka nohona o nā mea kanu, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pono e mālama i ke olakino lepo.
ʻO Todd Mockler, PhD, lālā a me Geraldine lāua ʻo Robert Virgil Distinguished Investigator ma Danforth Center e alakaʻi pū i kahi hui noiʻi e noi ana i nā ala AI e unuhi i nā phenotypes mea kanu, mai nā pūʻulu ʻikepili sensor i mea e wikiwiki ai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka mea kanu, me ka manaʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nitrogen a ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai i nā mea kanu lālani nui e like me ke kulina a me ka soy.
"He ʻōnaehana paʻakikī loa ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona e hānai i nā piliona o nā kānaka ʻoiai ka paʻa o ke kumukūʻai a me nā pilikia mau mai ka wā a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe o waho. Hauʻoli wau i ke komo ʻana i kahi hui maikaʻi o nā hoa hana ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole mai ka naʻauao artificial a hiki i nā robotics e kanu i ka biology. wahi a Mockler. "Ua mākaukau ka AIFARMS institute e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e kū nei i ka mahiʻai honua me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūpaʻa o nā mea kanu a me ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana huaʻai a me nā holoholona."
Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka AIFARMS Institute e Vikram Adve, PhD, ka mea noiʻi nui a me Donald B. Gillies Kumu o kamepiula Science ma ke Kulanui o Illinois ' Grainger College of Engineering, Hoʻohui ka institute i ka ʻike noiʻi hohonu me ka hoʻonaʻauao ikaika a me nā papahana hoʻolaha i ka mahiʻai kikohoʻe e ulu i ka poʻe hana like ʻole me nā mākau AI, hiki i ke kua'āina a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i mālama ʻole ʻia, a no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hale hoʻomaʻemaʻe honua e hoʻoulu i ka hui like ʻana o ke kaiāulu ma ka noiʻi mahiʻai alakaʻi AI. . Hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo AIFARMS i kahi papa ʻepekema kamepiula hui hou + Mahiai e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hanauna hou o nā ʻepekema i ka noiʻi mahiʻai i alakaʻi ʻia e AI.
“ʻOliʻoli a haʻahaʻa wau i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka AIFARMS Institute. ʻO Illinois a me kā mākou mau hui hoa he mau alakaʻi honua ma nā wahi o ka ʻepekema kamepiula, ʻike akamai, a me ka noiʻi mahiʻai, a ʻike ʻia kēia mau ikaika i ka laulā a me ka hohonu o ka hui AIFARMS, "wahi a Adve. "Ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o kēia poʻe noiʻi, a me ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka poʻe limahana akamai i ka mahiʻai kikohoʻe, loaʻa iā mākou kahi manawa hoihoi e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi o nā pilikia paʻakikī e kū nei i ka mahiʻai honua i kēia lā."
Ma waho aʻe o UIUC a me ka Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, ʻo ka hui papahana e komo pū me nā ʻepekema mai ke Kulanui o Chicago, Michigan State University, Tuskegee University, ka USDA Agricultural Research Service, a me Argonne National Laboratory.
"ʻO kēia hoʻopukapuka Federal nui i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai e hōʻike ana i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ʻAmelika ma ke poʻo o ka ʻepekema honua," wahi a USDA-NIFA Acting Director Parag Chitnis. "E hoʻohana kēia mau kikowaena o ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā ʻenehana hou loa mai nā kihi āpau o ka ʻepekema e pili ana i ka ʻepekema molecular, ʻenekinia a me nā robotics e ʻimi i nā hoʻonā no nā pilikia he nui e kū nei i ka mahiʻai, mai ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mea kanu a me ka pono o nā holoholona i ka hemahema o ka hana a me ka palekana mahiʻai."
ʻO ka NAIRI he hana hui ma waena o ka National Science Foundation (NSF) a me ka US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture ua hana ʻia ma ka pane ʻana i ka hōʻano hou o ka Hale Paʻi 2019 i ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā ʻĀina no ka Noʻonoʻo Artificial Intelligence, ka mea i manaʻo e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo no ka noiʻi AI e kālele ana i ka hopena a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaiāulu.
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Hoʻokumuʻia ma 1998, the ʻO Donald Danforth Plant Science Center he hale noiʻi noiʻi ʻole no ka loaʻa kālā me ka misionari e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana kanaka ma o ka ʻepekema mea kanu. ʻO ka noiʻi, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana e loaʻa ka hopena i ka nexus o ka palekana meaʻai a me ke kaiapuni, a hoʻonoho i ka ʻāina ʻo St. Louis ma ke ʻano he kikowaena honua no ka ʻepekema mea kanu. Hāʻawi kālā ʻia ka hana a ka Center ma o nā haʻawina hoʻokūkū mai nā kumu he nui, me ka National Institutes of Health, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, a me ka Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. E hahai mai iā mākou ma Twitter ma @DanforthCenter.