Artificial Intelligence and its Applications in Natural Resources Biotechnology

Document Type : Scientific Views

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Assistant professor Biotechnology Research Department Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Agricultural Research, Education and Extention Organization

10.22092/irn.2025.367855.1621

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is defined as “the capacity of computers or other machines to exhibit intelligent behavior.” This means that AI systems appear to think, learn, and act like humans, and in some cases, beyond human capabilities. Artificial intelligence is not new and can trace its history back to the development of computers after World War II at the Dartmouth Conference in 1956. This note discusses applications in the fields of forest identification and recognition, as well as in natural resource biotechnology, with an emphasis on current and future applications of AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently widely used in biotechnology to solve a variety of problems. For example, drug discovery and safety assessment, functional and structural genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, pharmacology, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics, among many others. in addition, Forests are an important resource for humanity and natural forests have a very high ecological value. Due to slow growth, forests are unable to meet current demand. To better manage this, the need to use artificial intelligence capabilities seems essential.

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