Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by his $500M investment to change farming with AI, robotics, and software, has mostly been a bust so far
His Sensei Ag company hasn't succeeded in boosting output and nutrition in its greenhouses with AI, robotics and software
omg please don't “disrupt farming”. that's a real good way to walk yourself into oops-no-more-soybeans-ever-again type of catastrophe. — we've been farming for about 300000 years. it's fine. leave it alone [embedded post]
Greenhouses & vertical farms can't transform ag for a very simple reason. — They can *only* grow high-value fruit & veg (because energy & money). That's maybe 10% of global ag. — Staple crops are the backbone of our diet & you can't grow em indoors (energy & money!). — www…
Yet another example of Tech's hubris in thinking that all other areas of work are basically “unskilled.” — Also, fuck Larry Ellison forever. — www.wsj.com/tech/larry-e...
Absolutely one of the most ruthlessly funny news articles I've read in a while. Every para has a new gem, and for oldie computer scientists, there's a special gem about 2/3 of the way down. Terrible for things to go so badly wrong for a wonderful person. — “Larry Ellison's Ha…