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by mandarwagh 277 days ago
Skepticism makes sense, but unlike ebooks or PDAs, AI directly changes the economics of labor. IBM, Klarna, and Duolingo have already cut roles citing AI. Agriculture and hardware will feel it too once robots integrate with AI for planning, optimization, and automation. This is not just hype, it is cost-driven adoption, and cost curves rarely cool down.
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Agriculture is ruled by John Deere and maybe there will be self-driving tractors with satellite navigation but the parts behind tractor are more important and you need some human to exchange them during shift…