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A review of Implementation and Challenges of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Spraying Applications and Crop Monitoring in Indonesia

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Abstract: The rapid development of technology has brought unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to become widely known in the current era. The market of UAVs is also predicted to continue growing with related technologies in the future. UAVs have been used in various sectors, including livestock, forestry, and agriculture. In agricultural applications, UAVs are highly capable of increasing the productivity of the farm and reducing farmers' workload. This study examines the urgency of UAV implementation in the agriculture sector. A short history of UAVs is provided in this paper to portray the development of UAVs from time to time. The classification of UAVs is also discussed to differentiate various types of UAVs. The application of UAVs in spraying and crop monitoring is based on the previous studies that have been done by many scientific groups and researchers who are working closely to propose solutions for agriculture-related issues. Furthermore, the limitations of UAV applications are also identified. The challenges in implementing agricultural UAVs in Indonesia are also presented. Keywords: Unmanned aerial vehicle, agricultural UAV, spraying, crop monitoring. 1. Introduction According to the United Nations (UN), the world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion people in 2050 (UN, 2015). This vast population would potentially double the food demand in the future (Hunter et al., 2017). Consequently, the ever-growing population that would emerge could cause food shortages in the future. This issue has become a severe problem since the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced similar speculation in which the current agricultural production must be increased by 70 percent by 2050 to meet the increasing demand for highquality food (Mundial, 2021). Many people suffering from hunger become a signal of how severe the food shortage is, and it was reported that more than 820 million people in 2018 were considered undernutrition (WHO, 2019). Surprisingly, the earlier data mentioned shows the increasing tendency towards people suffering from hunger since only around 690 million people were considered suffering from hunger in 2015.


Text Style Transfer: A Review and Experimental Evaluation

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The stylistic properties of text have intrigued computational linguistics researchers in recent years. Specifically, researchers have investigated the Text Style Transfer (TST) task, which aims to change the stylistic properties of the text while retaining its style independent content. Over the last few years, many novel TST algorithms have been developed, while the industry has leveraged these algorithms to enable exciting TST applications. The field of TST research has burgeoned because of this symbiosis. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of recent research efforts on text style transfer. More concretely, we create a taxonomy to organize the TST models and provide a comprehensive summary of the state of the art. We review the existing evaluation methodologies for TST tasks and conduct a large-scale reproducibility study where we experimentally benchmark 19 state-of-the-art TST algorithms on two publicly available datasets. Finally, we expand on current trends and provide new perspectives on the new and exciting developments in the TST field.



2022 military hardware to remember

FOX News

Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., joins'Fox News Live' to react to the United States Air Force's unveiling of its new B-21 raider stealth bomber, named'The Raider' for Jimmy Doolittle's famous bombing raid on Japan in WW2. With the launch of the Air Force's hypersonic missile off the coast of California earlier this month, the Navy's development of water-based drones over the summer and the recent unveiling of the B-21 Raiders, the U.S. military has made major technological advancements over the past year. The military unveiled the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider in Palmdale, California. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than three decades. In an email to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson confirmed the Air Force would transition its three-bomber fleet to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and modernized B-52s.


The Future of Artificial Intelligence: 10 Companies, 10 Predictions

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In this article, we discuss the future of artificial intelligence, including 10 predictions about 10 companies. The future of artificial intelligence (AI) is a topic of much speculation and debate. Some experts believe that AI has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of society and industry, while others are more cautious about its potential impact. The artificial intelligence sector is thriving across the globe. AI-enabled tools, like smarter chat-bots for customer service and robots for self-service at banks, are gaining traction in the mainstream.


Fears about artificial intelligence are overblown

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Artificial intelligence, or AI, has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our society, but it also has the potential to be harmful. As AI becomes more advanced and widespread, it raises ethical concerns about how it will impact jobs, privacy and inequality. Overall, it is important to carefully consider the potential drawbacks of AI and take steps to mitigate them. Would it surprise you if I said that the above paragraph was written entirely by AI? It's true -- using the newish AI called ChatGPT, I typed in the following query: "Write me an opening paragraph about the dangers of artificial intelligence." ChatGPT was developed by OpenAI, a startup founded in part by Big Tech mogul Elon Musk.


My journey to learn deep learning

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As the final year of college approached, my friends and I, all electronics engineering students at Sudan University of Science and Technology, found ourselves struggling to come up with ideas for our graduation project. One day, while sitting in what we called "Jabnah" a version of a local cafe here is a picture of what it looks like I suggested using deep learning for malaria detection. My friends were skeptical, as we knew nothing about either deep learning or malaria. But I was determined to learn and proposed that we take an online course on deep learning. The course was challenging, but I was determined to succeed.


Ukraine Says Repelled Russia Nighttime Drone Attack

International Business Times

Ukraine said Friday it repelled a nighttime drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations. The attacks came 10 months into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. In recent months Russian strikes have targeted the energy grid, leaving millions in the cold in the middle of winter. Ukraine's air force said on Friday morning that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight using "Iranian-made kamikaze drones". A total of 16 drones were launched from the southeastern and northern directions and they were "all" destroyed by Ukraine's air defence, it said.


Artificial Intelligence in Oil & Gas Market Research Report by Function, Component, Application, Region - Global Forecast to 2027 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19

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Market Statistics: The report provides market sizing and forecast across 7 major currencies - USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, CAD, and CHF. It helps organization leaders make better decisions when currency exchange data is readily available. In this report, the years 2018 and 2020 are considered as historical years, 2021 as the base year, 2022 as the estimated year, and years from 2023 to 2027 are considered as the forecast period. Market Segmentation & Coverage: This research report categorizes the Artificial Intelligence in Oil & Gas to forecast the revenues and analyze the trends in each of the following sub-markets: Based on Function, the market was studied across Field Services, Material Movement, Predictive Maintenance & Machine Inspection, Production Planning, Quality Control, and Reclamation. Based on Component, the market was studied across Hardware, Services, and Software.


12 Sci-Fi Stories to Help Make Sense of the Climate, Risk, and Our Digital Lives

Slate

Five years ago, Future Tense Fiction started publishing a short science-fiction story each month. Our goal was simple: to give people more tools to imagine our future through tales that inspire us to weigh reasons for concern against excitement, caution against exploration. More than 60 stories later--plus accompanying response essays and art--we've covered mobility and A.I. ethics, space exploration and biometric surveillance, gig work and military tech, gender and the relationships between humans and animals … and much more. The stories serve as both alarm clocks and lighthouses, waking us up to challenges stemming from scientific and technological change and guiding us toward possible ways forward. They are written by authors and journalists, but also by researchers, doctors, and policymakers, from the U.S. and elsewhere (Hong Kong, Norway, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria, to name a few).