Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Agricultural Decision Making

The use of AI and automation is changing how farmers make decisions according to their fields and farms. Irrigation timing, outbreak prediction and crop grade are only some of the decisions that AI can help with. These technologies do provide real benefits such as more output, efficiency, resource management and climate adaptation. But they simultaneously pose ethical questions that merit more than a theoretical solution. Who actually owns the massive datasets that are generated on the farm and who benefits? How clear should automated suggestions be for the people who rely on them for money? When algorithms start replacing human judgement, What happens to rural areas?