Artificial Intelligence Won't Replace You
Tim Hammerich
News Reporter
Besides the ag tech early adopters, there’s been a sense of hesitation among the vast agricultural community when it comes to embracing artificial intelligence. Sachi Desai emphasizes that AI isn't meant to replace people but to enhance their capabilities, allowing them to focus on creating value, which opens up new opportunities for innovation.
Desai… “There's a group of people that feel they're going to be displaced by AI. There's a group that's also really optimistic of it, but, no, this isn't meant to replace people. It's meant to enhance you to allow to focus on there's a value. And I think there's a space for people and AI to coexist where the person actually is able to focus on value generation and value creation. And it sort of also illustrates really well, what's the potential opportunities for people to develop and start up in the space today.”
Desai believes where AI can be especially useful is in reducing unnecessary complexities by adapting software to your needs.
Desai… “The idea should be focused on what you create value with, right. And how you're going to drive value. And so think of AI as a way to potentially reduce those other areas, so you can focus more on value. And I think two things you can start to think about is, AI should allow us to think about adapting software to our needs, not us continuing to adapt to software, right? Like I have to learn a lot of widgets of how to use like Adobe Photoshop. With the way AI is going and the way you can start focusing on value, then you should be able to think from, about thinking of what you're actually trying to solve for, and then everything else is more or less ancillary and just try to depress the impact of cost on you.”
Again the Sachi Desai of Bayer Crop Science.
