How data drives greenhouse production

Added on 25 April 2024

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New tech, through advances in machine learning, machine vision, intelligent algorithms, and data analytics, is learning how to control the environment based on human-derived strategies. Photo: Priva

AI could have been the Word of the Year for 2023. Maybe it will be for 2024. From the explosion of generative AI like ChatGPT to fake video clips and robocalls, something that seemed science fiction only a handful of years ago is now in our daily lexicon.

There is no consensus on what AI will look like in the greenhouse or when we will have achieved it in controlled-environment agriculture (CEA). To some folks, AI is the current cutting edge of machine learning and assisted growing. For others, the definition is more of a human-free approach. Either way, the state of the art is advancing.