The Most Important Technology of the Next 50 Years May Not Be AI
The future of civilisation may depend less on what AI does in offices than on what intelligence can do in a field before a crop visibly fails. This field note follows the changing realities of farming, where heat, water stress and pests demand earlier, sharper decisions. It explores how crop intelligence, soil knowledge and farmer wisdom can work together to protect food, livelihoods and the fragile systems built around them.