There are a number of companies in Iowa doing crop spraying by drone as well.

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There are a number of companies in Iowa doing crop spraying by drone as well.

Author: iairishcheeks (27365 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 3:13 pm on Jun 17, 2025

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And if he's a single man, comedian Matt Rife declared Des Moines, IA as the place with the hottest women in the country.

Link: http://www.iowapbs.org/education/findiowa/media/9482/farming-drones

Replies to: "There are a number of companies in Iowa doing crop spraying by drone as well."

Job apocalypse? [LINK] - Curly1918 - 8:42am 6/17/25 (27) [View All]
- Much like farriers and blacksmiths a century ago. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 2:31pm 6/17/25
  - In the late 1800s horsesit shoveling was a major employer in NYC [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:45pm 6/17/25
    - If we had competent, agile, virtuous and adaptive governments it would be no big deal. - iairishcheeks - 3:48pm 6/17/25
      - Sure Checkers, no big deal if your favs like Booby Jr. and Vivek were running things. [NT] - Frank L - 4:46pm 6/17/25
- This is a threat to the upper middle class and lower upper class jobs. - LanceManion - 9:17am 6/17/25
  - Your last sentence is the crucial point. - MAS - 10:11am 6/17/25
    - Indeed, ChrisGPT is just around the corner. - iairishcheeks - 11:41am 6/17/25
      - GPT is known to hallucinate to support a position. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:29pm 6/17/25
      - That's not who Chris is. I can't believe I'm defending him, but he's a Dem of old. - MAS - 6:09pm 6/17/25
        I'm saying he'll be replaced by AI, education is low hanging fruit. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 6:57pm 6/17/25
    - You got it. 70 years of plenty along with increased automation and secularization isn't a good mix. [NT] - LanceManion - 10:15am 6/17/25
  - And a threat to Universities! Today's students use AI to get grades for degrees that will be useless [LINK] - Curly1918 - 9:41am 6/17/25
    - My daughters catcher from her travel ball team had a scholarship offer from University of Tampa. - TampaIrish - 11:00am 6/17/25
      - My niece, goddaughter, PHD, wants her son to be a plumber/electrician and own his own company cuz - Frankx - 12:29pm 6/17/25
        My son is in a 2 year program to learn how to build, program and fly drones. It has a 100% job - TampaIrish - 1:57pm 6/17/25
        Hmmmmm, I got a hook up in the drone thing if you wanna talk [NT] - Frankx - 2:12pm 6/17/25
        Nice. Really appreciate the offer. I want him to get involved a little deeper first. - TampaIrish - 2:28pm 6/17/25
        There are a number of companies in Iowa doing crop spraying by drone as well. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 3:13pm 6/17/25
        I know Ag is a big user of the drones. Our friend has a large orange grove north of us and he uses - TampaIrish - 4:38pm 6/17/25
        
        Yep, got it just let me know [NT] - Frankx - 2:46pm 6/17/25
    - My kids school makes them hand write essays to attempt to avert AI. Human nature, but pathetic. [NT] - LanceManion - 10:16am 6/17/25
- 'Well, the world needs ditch-diggers, too.' - Judge Smails - Nigel Tufnel - 9:17am 6/17/25
- Prob need to really address why co’s want to shed jobs- - BaronVonZemo - 9:06am 6/17/25
- Big 4 accounting firms are already working hard on this - Mark - 8:56am 6/17/25
  - This made me laugh - Nigel Tufnel - 9:54am 6/17/25
  - In accounting, at what level do you think AI would replace jobs? - BaronVonZemo - 9:20am 6/17/25
    - Already doing it at Staff level. Probably could do Senior level too. [NT] - Mark - 12:52pm 6/17/25