From Code to Crops: Roots co-founder Abhi's Cutting-Edge Use of AI in Agriculture

Описание: One of the most exciting conversations I have had all year. Abhi, co-founder and CEO of roots is is a software engineer turned farmer who is really pushing LLMs to the edge of their abilities.

In this interview, we discover how he has been using Google Gemini’s large context windows to feed it thousands of agriculture science papers and discover insights relevant for his agriculture startup Living Roots. His insights have already generated 30% yield increases for smallhold farmers in the first season, at very limited cost!


00:00 Introduction to Increasing Farming Yields
00:32 Exciting Conversation with Abhi Agarwal
01:54 The Journey of Living Roots
04:44 Innovative Research and AI in Agriculture
08:11 Practical Applications and Testing
22:24 Key Indicators of Plant Health
30:53 Exploring Soil Health
31:19 Building Plant Health Models
33:08 Reinforcement Learning in Agriculture
33:54 Combining LLMs with Reinforcement Models
40:32 Validating Agricultural Models
43:56 Challenges and Innovations in Agriculture
58:19 Future of Sustainable Agriculture
01:02:51 Closing Thoughts and Future Prospects

At roots, Abhi and the team are even going so far as to combine Reinforcement Learning with LLMs reasoning abilities to predict the outcome of agricultural interventions.

During this interview, I really got to think that every research lab on the planet should have the pipeline that Abhi has built. Please watch for a really insightful and fun conversation

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