Human-In-The-Loop AI for Precision Agriculture Scoping Review
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This scoping study explores the role of Human-in-the-Loop Artificial Intelligence (HITL AI) in precision agriculture and evaluates the benefits of using human expertise in combination with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in decision-making within modern smart agricultural environments. The development of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, and robotics has significantly impacted modern agriculture by providing automated crop monitoring, disease detection, yield prediction, and smart farm management systems. However, Artificial Intelligence systems also face challenges in terms of understanding, interpretability, flexibility, and trustworthiness in modern smart agricultural environments. This study is based on the literature regarding human-in-the-loop systems, human-centric Artificial Intelligence systems, and collaborative robotics systems in the context of smart agriculture. The structured scoping study methodology has been followed to identify and evaluate studies regarding Artificial Intelligence systems in smart agricultural environments, with a focus on automation-centric Artificial Intelligence systems and human-centric Artificial Intelligence systems within the context of Agriculture 5.0 concepts. The study concludes that although automation-centric AI systems show high accuracy in simulated smart agricultural environments, Human-In-The-Loop (HITL) AI systems show higher robustness in smart agricultural environments. Explainability in AI has shown significant potential in supporting the effectiveness of HITL AI systems in decision-making within smart agricultural environments. The study also identifies some important gaps in the literature regarding HITL AI systems in smart agriculture. The study concludes that for the development of modern smart precision agriculture, collaborative intelligence within smart agricultural environments is necessary to create sustainable smart agriculture systems.
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