AI brings precision to modern weed control

Automated systems are turning from the “way of the future” to our present lives. Artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT has shown there are impressive ways these programs can adapt and learn in the middle of a conversation or with new data input.

There are still plenty of kinks to iron out, however.

Xin Sun, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at North Dakota State University, was a part of a 2023 study looking at “deep learning,” or ways in which artificial intelligence is improving its ability to detect weeds.

He said this is still an evolving process, but significant progress is being made with site-specific weed management.