What The Future Hold For AI{Artificial Intelligence}?

Agriculture

Whilst farmers have tractors and big machinery to aid them in their work, the industry remains one of the toughest and most strenuous when it comes to manual labour.

AI is set to reduce this and make farms smarter and more efficient. In a new initiative called FarmView, research has been carried out to create a fleet of mobile field robots that will be able to help with plant breeding and crop management. These machines will not only reduce manual labour in this industry, but it should also see farms able to utilise their crops far more.

Currently known for spying on celebrities and taking epic photos, drones are set to be immensely beneficial to the farming industry. Many farmers have acres upon acres of land, which can be hard to manage. Drones will be seriously useful in helping farmers monitor their lands, as they will be able to survey crops and also carry out long-distance crop spraying.

Healthcare

Healthcare is a constant talking point, not only in the news, but in everyday conversations, and it mostly boils down to why it takes so long to get an appointment, as research reveals one million patients a week cannot get consultations with GPs.

If only there was some extra help…

AI in the near future will see the waiting time for an appointment reduce significantly, as the introduction of virtual assistants will soon be able to have conversations with patients, answer routine questions and suggest treatment options.

Transport

Many of us might believe that artificial intelligence stops with the driverless car. But it is set to get a whole lot more exciting than that.

Whilst you may be on a motorway and expect to see a driverless car in the near future, you might still be surprised (and perhaps slightly alarmed) to see not only one driverless lorry, but four or five in a fleet together. By 2025 this could be a reality, as a human captain will be able to sit in the cab of the first lorry and control the rest of the fleet. Doing this will improve time, efficiency and profit, and although it may not seem like it, it will make the roads a safer place.

Traffic. We all hate it. The average amount of traffic drivers in London experienced in2017 was an astonishing 74 hours. That’s just under three days of your life! But what if traffic wasn’t a thing anymore? By 2050 it might not be, as it has been predicted that self-driving cars can zoom past interstate highways at 120mph with absolutely zero congestion.