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• AI in Agriculture: The world will need to produce 50 percent more food by
2050 as we are exhausting our resources. The only way this can be possible is
when we are using it more wisely. AI can help farmers to get more from the land,
and use resources more sustainably. Blue River Technology developed a robot
called See & Spray which uses Computer Vision and image recognition software
to monitor and precisely spray pesticide on cotton plants. Plantix mobile app uses AI-powered image
recognition software to help farmers to detect plant diseases.
• AI in Banking and Finance: Trading mainly depends on the ability to predict
accurately. Machines are used because they can analyse huge amounts of data
quickly. Machines use AI to study patterns and trends in the data and predict how
these patterns may repeat in the future. Nomura Securities (Japanese brokerage
house) is using AI to analyse the insights of experienced stock traders. AI in banking
is growing at a fast pace. Many banks have already adopted AI-based intelligent systems to provide customer
support to detect anomalies and credit card frauds.
• AI in Gaming Industry: One of the biggest accomplishments of AI is in the
gaming industry. In video games, AI is used to generate intelligent behaviour for
game characters similar to human-like intelligence. AlphaGo, an AI program that
plays the board game Go, defeated a professional world rank no 1 player, Fan
Hui.
• AI in Space Exploration: Astronomers uses AI to shift through years of data
obtained by the Kepler telescope to identify a distant eight-planet solar system.
AI is also used in NASA's mission to Mars. The AEGIS, a Mars-based AI robot,
already on the planet is responsible for handling the autonomous targeting of
cameras perform investigations on Mars.
Brainy Fact
Chandrayaan-3 was a lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO). It was launched on July 14, 2023 and successfully soft-landed on the Moon's south pole
on August 23, 2023. It is India's third lunar exploration mission and the first to land on the Moon's
south pole. The mission aims to explore the region for water, ice, and other resources.
• Autonomous Vehicles for Advanced Features: The development of autonomous
vehicles will revolutionise the transportation system. Waymo, after many test drives,
launched their first public riding services. Waymo’s AI software crunches data from
vehicle's lidar, camera, GPS, and cloud services to produce control signals that
operate the driverless vehicle.
Advanced deep learning algorithms can accurately predict what objects in the vehicle's vicinity are likely
to be, making it safe. Tesla, a company known for self-driving cars, uses AI to implement computer vision,
image detection, and deep learning to make cars that automatically detect objects and drive without human
intervention. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors says ”Tesla will have fully self-driving cars ready by the end of
the year and a 'robotaxi' version—one that can ferry passengers without anyone behind the wheel—ready for
the streets”.
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