The paper in exam introduces several important elements of change and innovation. We need in fact a clear key to understand well what is being supported in terms of digitalization which can help to harmonize. In fact the phenomenon of digitalization is present in different categories and future frameworks. Digitalization has also some bonds with the multiannual financial framework, and the CAP will be helped by the intervention of these funding schemes. But funding alone is not enough. Farmers need a framework for digital. There are several EU laws which go in this sense: Data Governance Act, Data Act, Digital Omnibus Proposal. There is a potential of the new technologies for competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the EU agriculture. For what concerns AI, it is starting from AI-enabled well known solution, then going to a second generation of AI technology about predicting techs, and then to a third generation of advanced detection and diagnostic tools. Regarding robotics, there are several degrees of maturity: transformation of big machines in smart ones, smaller, is the first step. Natural evolution from this is precision robotics, a new robotics directly inspired by manufacturing. Next phase will be cooperative robots.
AI + Robotics constitutes a closed loop. AI Act is still not at a 100´% of application. Generative AI provide opportunities which can make it possible for farmers to use more technology.
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