Smart agriculture is increasingly being employed in Japan, arousing expectations that producers will be able to entrust artificial intelligence with more labor-intensive tasks to alleviate severe manpower shortages. Large-scale greenhouse farmers are leading the way, having begun to use AI-equipped robots developed by venture businesses in ways that seem, more or less, to change the future of cultivating and harvesting agricultural products. In September, a four-wheeled AI robot slowly rolled through the lush green leaves of a plastic greenhouse at a farm in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, gathering only the ripest cucumbers.

For the first time ever, a robot with artificial intelligence is prepared to represent a person in court. Eventually, history will be made next month when "the world's first robot lawyer" represents a defendant fighting a traffic ticket in court. The DoNotPay Artificial Intelligence (AI) the bot will function on the defendant's smartphone. It will actively listen to court proceedings while guiding the defendant's remarks through an earbud. SEE ALSO: Here's How Apple Watch Saved A 16-Year Old Skier's Life According to reports, the defendant will only testify in court according to what the AI tells them to say.

Just about a year ago, before the world was locked down, the big fear was technology taking over jobs. But, over the extended global lockdown, humans seem to have discovered greater faith in technology and machines, according to Oracle's Money and Machines: 2020 Global Study that was conducted across 9,000 consumers and business leaders in 14 countries. India is among the top three geographies including Japan and China where 83 per cent of Indians and 88 per cent of business leaders now trust artificial intelligence (AI) more than humans to manage finance. Across Asia-Pacific, 76 per cent of consumers said they would trust a robot more than a financial adviser, while at a global level it was 67 per cent. Covid-led financial anxiety, and sadness among both consumers and business leaders more than doubled in 2020.