Already some nice threads on research papers, but thought I'd step back and share a little mainstream media. I'm sure many here have seen the series, but for those who haven't, the detection of crops via satellite imagery was featured in Iron Man's \"The Age of A.I.\". They talk about how this can be used to predict food shortages and potential civil unrest. Looks like this competition could help improve these sort of models by expanding the quality of data processing / understanding.
\n\nIt's particularly rewarding to see data science efforts making a difference to humanity so hope this competition can help drive better understanding of our food supplies and reduce shortages around the world!
\n\nSaving the world one algorithm at a time | The Age of A.I.
\n\nOr for more detail, you can read this article from the Verge.
\n\nGood luck, all 💪
", "messages": [ { "id": 834955, "postDate": "2020-05-05T23:53:21.407Z", "content": "Already some nice threads on research papers, but thought I'd step back and share a little mainstream media. I'm sure many here have seen the series, but for those who haven't, the detection of crops via satellite imagery was featured in Iron Man's \"The Age of A.I.\". They talk about how this can be used to predict food shortages and potential civil unrest. Looks like this competition could help improve these sort of models by expanding the quality of data processing / understanding.
\n\nIt's particularly rewarding to see data science efforts making a difference to humanity so hope this competition can help drive better understanding of our food supplies and reduce shortages around the world!
\n\nSaving the world one algorithm at a time | The Age of A.I.
\n\nOr for more detail, you can read this article from the Verge.
\n\nGood luck, all 💪
", "rawMarkdown": "Already some nice threads on research papers, but thought I'd step back and share a little mainstream media. I'm sure many here have seen the series, but for those who haven't, the detection of crops via satellite imagery was featured in Iron Man's \"The Age of A.I.\". They talk about how this can be used to predict food shortages and potential civil unrest. Looks like this competition could help improve these sort of models by expanding the quality of data processing / understanding.\n\nIt's particularly rewarding to see data science efforts making a difference to humanity so hope this competition can help drive better understanding of our food supplies and reduce shortages around the world!\n\n[Saving the world one algorithm at a time | The Age of A.I.](https://youtu.be/0wy4u34fii4?t=2167)\n\nOr for more detail, you can read [this article from the Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/4/12369494/descartes-artificial-intelligence-crop-predictions-usda).\n\nGood luck, all 💪" } ], "comments": [], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "834955": "Already some nice threads on research papers, but thought I'd step back and share a little mainstream media. I'm sure many here have seen the series, but for those who haven't, the detection of crops via satellite imagery was featured in Iron Man's \"The Age of A.I.\". They talk about how this can be used to predict food shortages and potential civil unrest. Looks like this competition could help improve these sort of models by expanding the quality of data processing / understanding.\n\nIt's particularly rewarding to see data science efforts making a difference to humanity so hope this competition can help drive better understanding of our food supplies and reduce shortages around the world!\n\n[Saving the world one algorithm at a time | The Age of A.I.](https://youtu.be/0wy4u34fii4?t=2167)\n\nOr for more detail, you can read [this article from the Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/4/12369494/descartes-artificial-intelligence-crop-predictions-usda).\n\nGood luck, all 💪" } }