Ai: Irl

Did you know that each year farmers lose about 35% of their production to pests, like insects, weeds, and crop disease? Increasing that yield by just 2% would be life changing — in terms of profit for the farmer but also in terms of global food security.  Yet those fields have the potential to produce 35% more. Imagine the difference that would make. 35%. That’s what’s on the mind of Ofir Shlam and his team at Taranis. On this episode of AI:IRL, I sat down with Ofir to look at another way AI is changing lives. We talked about Taranis is applying AI to increase crop yields in agriculture, the framework they used to do that, and how this application of AI will make a positive impact around the world.