Tare da sabon tallafin dala miliyan 20 na tarayya, Jami'ar Jihar Washington za ta jagoranci cibiyar bincike da yawa don samar da hanyoyin fasahar fasaha (AI) don magance wasu manyan kalubalen noma da suka shafi aiki, ruwa, yanayi da sauyin yanayi.
Sabuwar cibiyar tana daya daga cikin 11 da hukumar ta kaddamar National Science Foundation kuma daga cikin biyun da aka samu Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka- Cibiyar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta Ƙasa a 2021. Ana kiransa da Cibiyar AgAID, Wanda gajere ne don Cibiyar USDA-NIFA don Aikin Noma AI don Sauya Ƙarfin Ma'aikata da Taimakon yanke shawara.
Yayin da ci gaban AI na al'ada ya ƙunshi masana kimiyya yin kayan aiki da kuma isar da su ga masu amfani da ƙarshen, Cibiyar AgAID za ta haɗa da mutanen da za su yi amfani da hanyoyin AI - daga manoma da ma'aikata zuwa masu tsara manufofi-a cikin ci gaban su, in ji Ananth Kalyanaraman, masanin kwamfuta na WSU. farfesa kuma shugaban babban mai bincike na Cibiyar.
“Mutane na cikin tsarin noma sosai. Ba kawai tsire-tsire suke girma ba. ‘Yan Adam suna sarrafa amfanin gona a kullum kuma suna yanke shawarwari masu sarkakiya, kamar yadda za a ware ruwa ko rage illar guguwar da ke shigowa,” in ji Kalyanaraman, wanda kuma ke rike da Shugaban Boeing a Makarantar Injiniya da Kimiyyar Lantarki ta WSU. "Muna nufin haɗin gwiwar ilimin ɗan adam tare da kayan aikin AI ta hanyar da za ta haɓaka sakamakon ƙarshe inda gaba ɗaya ya fi jimillar sassansa."
Cibiyar AgAID za ta kasance wani nau'i mai yawa, ƙoƙari na haɗin gwiwar da ke tattare da malamai da masana kimiyya tare da ƙwarewa a kan fannoni daban-daban a kimiyyar kwamfuta, aikin gona da aikin noma.
Baya ga WSU, membobin Cibiyar sun haɗa da Jami'ar Jihar Oregon; Jami'ar California, Merced; Jami'ar Virginia; Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon; Jami'ar Heritage; Kwalejin Wenatchee Valley; da Jami'ar Jihar Kansas. Abokan kamfanoni masu zaman kansu sun haɗa da Binciken IBM da farawa innov8.ag.
Cibiyar AgAID za ta dauki hanyar "adopt-adapt-amplify", in ji Kalyanaraman. Wannan yana nufin da farko Cibiyar za ta tsara hanyoyin AI tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da mutanen da ke amfani da kayan aikin, don haka suna da amfani kuma za a iya ɗauka. Masu binciken kuma za su yi aiki don samar da mafita waɗanda za su iya daidaitawa da yanayin canjin yanayi da haɓaka haɓaka aiki ta hanyar haɗa ƙwarewar ɗan adam da ƙarfin injin don zama mafi inganci fiye da yadda zai kasance shi kaɗai. Misali, yankan bishiyoyi aiki ne mai ƙware, amma ma'aikaci na farko zai iya amfana daga kayan aikin AI wanda ke ba da jagorar ƙwararru don taimakawa yanke shawarar wanda shine mafi kyawun reshe don datsa. An yi aikin da kyau, kuma ma'aikaci ya fara koyo daga ra'ayoyin, kuma tare da ƙarancin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru, AI na iya amfana da gonar lambu da ma'aikaci, in ji Kalyanaraman.
“Haɗin gwiwa ne. AI na iya taimaka mana mu daidaita rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin ƙwararrun ƙwararru da ƙwararrun ma'aikata, "in ji shi.
Ilmantar da ma'aikata a kowane mataki shine tsakiyar Cibiyar AgAID ba kawai don ƙarfafa AI ba amma a matsayin al'amari na daidaito, a cewar shugabannin Cibiyar. Cibiyar tana tsara shirye-shiryen ilimi da yawa daga K-12 ta hanyar ilimi mafi girma da horar da ma'aikata. Manufar ita ce haɓaka matakan fasaha na AI da buɗe sabbin hanyoyin aiki, wanda zai iya inganta albashi da ingancin rayuwa ga ma'aikatan aikin gona. Hakanan zai iya jawo hankalin mutane da yawa zuwa sana'ar noma da kwamfuta.
Cibiyar AgAID za ta gudanar da shari'o'in gwaji da yawa da suka shafi amfanin gona na musamman, waɗanda yawancinsu suna girma a Yammacin Amurka, kamar apples, cherries, mint da almonds. Waɗannan albarkatun gona sun ƙunshi manyan ƙalubale da yawa: suna buƙatar aiki mai ƙarfi da ban ruwa. Hakanan suna da rauni ga al'amuran yanayi da sauyin yanayi. Abubuwan amfanin gona na musamman suna da kashi 87% na ma'aikatan aikin gona na Amurka, kuma kusan kashi 40% na waɗannan amfanin gonaki ne na shekara-shekara, suna buƙatar kulawa na dogon lokaci da tsara albarkatu.
Kalyanaraman ya ce, ƙalubalen ƙalubalen da ke tattare da waɗannan lamuran na nufin za a gwada hanyoyin magance matsalolin Cibiyar ta AgAID kafin a tura su zuwa wasu yankuna na ƙasar.
"Mun san cewa AI yana da matukar mahimmanci don yin bincike mai zurfi da kuma canza ikon yanke shawara ta hanyar da aka ba da bayanai, amma fasaha yana buƙatar haɓakawa a cikin hankali sosai," in ji shi.
Wannan lambar yabo wani bangare ne na babban jarin da hukumomin tarayya suka yi a jihar Washington AI, in ji Sanata Maria Cantwell. Biyu daga cikin cibiyoyi 11 da aka ba da kuɗi za su kasance ƙarƙashin jagorancin jami'o'i a cikin jihar: ban da Cibiyar AgAID da WSU ke jagoranta, Jami'ar Washington za ta jagoranci Cibiyar NSF AI don Tsarukan Tsarukan Tsare-tsare.
Cantwell ya ce "Jihar Washington ta riga ta zama jagora a cikin bayanan wucin gadi," in ji Cantwell. "Daga Jami'ar Washington's Tech Policy Lab wanda ke nazarin manyan ƙalubalen da ke tattare da hankali na wucin gadi zuwa aikin Jami'ar Jihar Washington a daidaitaccen aikin noma, mun kasance a shirye don waɗannan tallafi guda biyu don taimaka mana fahimtar ƙarin aikace-aikacen bayanan sirri. UW za ta yi aiki a fannin hadaddun tsarin don inganta fannoni kamar masana'antu kuma WSU za ta yi aiki kan inganta aikin noma."
Ita ma 'yar majalisa Cathy McMorris Rodgers ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga sabuwar Cibiyar Agaji ta AgaID.
"Jami'ar Jihar Washington ta dade tana kan gaba a fannin noma, kirkire-kirkire da fasaha," in ji McMorris Rodgers. "Na yi alfaharin kasancewa wani bangare na tattaunawa a taron AI na Aikin Noma na Jami'ar a watan Oktoba 2020 kuma na yi farin cikin ganin cewa WSU ta sami lambar yabo a matsayin Cibiyar Aikin Noma ta USDA-NIFA don Sauya Ma'aikata da Taimakon Shawara a yau. Wannan cibiya, wadda kuma aka fi sani da AgAID, za ta haɗa hanyoyin AI cikin ayyukan noma don yin hasashe, tallafin yanke shawara da aikin noma mai amfani da mutum-mutumi don tinkarar ƙalubalen aikin gona da ke fuskantar Gabashin Washington da al'umma. Ina fatan ganin sabbin ayyuka da za su fito daga wannan Cibiyar don tallafa wa masana’antun noma na jiharmu.”
- Sara Zaske, Labaran WSU
Abokin karatun digiri na WSU Abhilash Chandel ya bayyana wa ƙungiyar Cibiyar AgAID yadda fasahar gano jirgin mara matuki ke tattara bayanan hoto da yawa daga “gona mai wayo” a gundumar Yakima. Hoto: WSU