May 17, 2023 | Signals to Watch
Beverly French, Envision Board member and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Signals Team
In March 2023, artist Refik Anadol explained to a PBS resporter: “My primary material is data, the information, and my second material is a ‘thinking brush’ that is assisted by machine ‘dreaming.’” Anadol has spent seven years uploading images of flowers, landscapes and art, contributing to the 75 million images of flowers generated with computer data through the work of scientists, software programmers, researchers, architects and designers.
A thinking brush?! Read a transcript of the interview.
May 6, 2023 | Signals to Watch
Nan Nelson, Envision Board member
Envision’s World Futures Day featured speaker Professor Thomas Frey has identified six ways the Artificial Intelligence revolution is likely to shape our lives within the foreseeable future. Are you ready for transformation of our reality, creativity, work, and even our sense of free will? Here’s his analysis of the benefits and risks.
May 1, 2023 | Signals to Watch
Susan Garot, Envision Board member
FarmWise weeding robots are a game-changer, as they use artificial intelligence to identify and remove weeds from fields without harming crops. The robots are equipped with hundreds of tiny blades that cut the weeds out, leaving the healthy plants untouched. The robots are autonomous, but human supervision is also available to ensure the best results. The company has already accumulated over 15,000 commercial hours, and its robots, the Titan and Vulcan, are already in use in many fields. While Green Bay Botanical Garden isn’t quite ready for weeding robots, we are investing in robot mowers this year for the first time.
Read about robots and weed pulling here.
