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Seb Boyer of Farmwise: AI that helps feed the world

The Robot Brains Podcast

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The Side Effects of Chemicals on Agriculture

The chemical industry came up with these powerful chemicals that were able to prevent diseases, prevent insects from taking out yields. Now a couple of decades later, now we're starting to feel the side effects. The first order in being able to apply fertilizer really cheaply is amazing. It's kind of magical. Same for tractors, same for chemicals. But in most I think that one is still up for debate. My current understanding is that we just don't have enough data to conclude. There is for now not conclusive data to say that they're harmful or that they're safe.

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