Me ka $20 miliona hou kālā federal, Washington State University e alakaʻi i kahi keʻena noiʻi multi-institutional e hoʻomohala i nā ʻōnaehana naʻauao (AI) e hoʻoponopono ai i kekahi o nā pilikia nui o ka mahiʻai e pili ana i ka hana, ka wai, ke aniau a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
ʻO ka institute hou kekahi o 11 i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka National Science Foundation a ma waena o nā kālā ʻelua i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Oihana Mahiai-National Institute of Food and Agriculture i 2021. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ka AgAID Institute, he pōkole no ka USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support.
ʻOiai ʻo ka ulu ʻana o AI kuʻuna e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻepekema e hana ana i nā mea hana a hāʻawi iā lākou i nā mea hoʻohana hope, e hoʻopili ka AgAID Institute i ka poʻe e hoʻohana i nā hoʻonā AI - mai ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā limahana i nā mea hana kulekele-i kā lākou hoʻomohala ʻana, wahi a Ananth Kalyanaraman, kahi ʻepekema kamepiula WSU polopeka a me ka mea noiʻi poʻokela no ka Institute.
“He ʻāpana nui ka poʻe o ka kaiaola mahiʻai. ʻAʻole wale ia e ulu ana i nā mea kanu. Hoʻohana nā kānaka i nā mea kanu i kēlā me kēia lā a hana i nā hoʻoholo paʻakikī, e like me ke ʻano o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka wai a i ʻole ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā hopena o kahi ʻino e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Kalyanaraman, ka mea e paʻa ana i ka noho Boeing ma WSU's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. "Ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻopili i ka ʻike kanaka me nā mea hana AI ma ke ʻano e hoʻonui ai i nā hopena hopena kahi i ʻoi aku ai ka nui ma mua o ka huina o kāna mau ʻāpana."
ʻO ka AgAID Institute he hana hoʻopaʻi lehulehu, hui pū ʻana e pili ana i nā kumu kula a me nā ʻepekema me ka ʻike ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻepekema kamepiula, ka mahiʻai a me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai.
Ma waho aʻe o WSU, aia nā lālā o ka Institute i ke Kulanui o Oregon State; Ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Merced; Kulanui o Virginia; Ke Kulanui ʻo Carnegie Mellon; Ke Kulanui Hoʻoilina; Ke Kulanui ʻo Wenatchee Valley; a me ke Kulanui o Kansas State. Loaʻa nā hoa hana pilikino i ka IBM Research a me ka hoʻomaka innov8.ag.
E lawe ka AgAID Institute i kahi ala "adopt-adapt-amplify", wahi a Kalyanaraman. ʻO kēia ka mea mua e hoʻolālā ka Institute i nā hoʻonā AI me ka hui pū ʻana me ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana, no laila ua kūpono lākou a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lawe ʻia ʻana. E hana pū nā mea noiʻi e hana i nā hoʻonā e hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaiapuni a e hoʻonui i ka huahana ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mākau kanaka a me nā mana mīkini e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea hoʻokahi. No ka laʻana, he hana akamai loa ke ʻoki ʻana i nā kumulāʻau, akā hiki i ka mea hana hoʻomaka ke loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi mai kahi mea hana AI e hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi akamai e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka lālā maikaʻi loa e ʻoki. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana, a hoʻomaka ka mea hana e aʻo mai ka manaʻo, a me ka hemahema o ka hana akamai, hiki iā AI ke pōmaikaʻi i ka māla a me ka mea hana, wahi a Kalyanaraman.
“He hui ia. Hiki iā AI ke kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokaʻawale i ka māhele ma waena o nā limahana akamai a me nā limahana haʻahaʻa, "wahi āna.
ʻO ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ka limahana ma nā pae āpau ke kikowaena o ka AgAID Institute ʻaʻole wale e paipai i ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā AI akā ma ke ʻano o ke kaulike, e like me nā alakaʻi o ka Institute. Hoʻolālā ka Institute i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao he nui mai K-12 ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa limahana. ʻO ka pahuhopu e hoʻonui i nā pae akamai AI a wehe i nā ala ʻoihana hou, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka uku a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola no nā limahana mahiʻai. Hiki iā ia ke huki hou aku i ka poʻe i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai a me ka ʻoihana kamepiula.
E hana ana ka AgAID Institute i kekahi mau hihia ho'āʻo paʻakikī e pili ana i nā mea kanu kūikawā, ka nui o ia mau mea e ulu ana ma ke Komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me nā ʻāpala, cherries, mint a me nā ʻalemona. Hoʻopili kēia mau mea kanu i nā pilikia nui: pono lākou i ka hana koʻikoʻi a me ka irrigation. Pilikia nō hoʻi lākou i nā hanana ʻino a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. ʻO nā mea kanu kūikawā he 87% o nā limahana mahiʻai US, a ma kahi o 40% o kēia mau mea kanu he mau makahiki, e koi ana i ka hoʻokele lōʻihi a me ka hoʻolālā waiwai.
ʻO nā paʻakikī paʻakikī i hoʻopuka ʻia e kēia mau hihia, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻāʻo ikaika ʻia nā hopena o AgAID Institute ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, wahi a Kalyanaraman.
"Uaʻike mākou he mana koʻikoʻi ko AI e hana i nā meaʻike honua a hoʻololi i kā mākou mau mana hoʻoholo i kaʻikeʻikepili, akā pono e hoʻomohalaʻia kaʻenehana ma keʻano akahele," wahi āna.
ʻO kēia makana he ʻāpana o kahi hoʻopukapuka koʻikoʻi e nā keʻena federal ma ka mokuʻāina o Wakinekona AI alakaʻi, i ʻike ʻia ʻo US Sen. Maria Cantwell. E alakaʻi ʻia ʻelua o nā kula kālā 11 e nā kulanui o ka mokuʻāina: ma kahi o ka WSU-alakaʻi AgAID Institute, ke Kulanui o Wakinekona e alakaʻi i ka NSF AI Institute for Dynamic Systems.
"ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona ke alakaʻi i ka naʻauao hana," wahi a Cantwell. “Mai ka University of Washington's Tech Policy Lab e aʻo ana i nā luʻi nui e pili ana i ka naʻauao artificial i ka hana a ke Kulanui o Washington State ma ka mahiʻai pololei, ua mākaukau mākou no kēia mau haʻawina ʻelua e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā noi noiʻi artificial. E hana ana ka UW ma kahi o nā ʻōnaehana paʻakikī e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā māla e like me ka hana ʻana a e hana ʻo WSU i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka mahiʻai.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers i kāna kākoʻo no ka AgAID Institute hou.
"Ua lilo ʻo Washington State University i alakaʻi i ka mahiʻai, ka hana hou a me ka ʻenehana," wahi a McMorris Rodgers. "Ua haʻaheo wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Agriculture AI Summit ma ʻOkakopa 2020 a hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana ua loaʻa iā WSU ka inoa ʻo ka USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support i kēia lā. ʻO kēia institute, i kapa ʻia ʻo AgAID, e hoʻohui i nā ʻano AI i loko o nā hana mahiʻai no ka wānana, kākoʻo hoʻoholo a me ka mahiʻai i hoʻohana ʻia e robotics e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia mahiʻai paʻakikī e kū nei i East Washington a me ka lāhui. Ke kakali nei au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hana hou e puka mai ana mai kēia Institute e kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana mahiʻai o ko mākou mokuʻāina.
- Sara Zaske, Nūhou WSU
Ua wehewehe ʻo WSU post-doctoral hoa Abhilash Chandel i kahi hui AgAID Institute pehea e hōʻiliʻili ai ka ʻenehana sensing o ka drone i ka ʻikepili kiʻi multispectral a me ka wela mai kahi "mahina akamai" ma Yakima County. Kiʻi: WSU