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Posted by rocauc 1/23/2026

Proof of Corn(proofofcorn.com)
476 points | 307 commentspage 8
tleyden5iwx 1/23/2026|
Can they change the name to Proof Of Corncept?
a3w 1/24/2026||
Nice proof of corncept for a New Economy.
silveira 1/23/2026||
https://farm.bot/ exists.
huslage 1/24/2026||
This is highly ridiculous. It's missing entire categories of costs, not to mention selling 1000bu of corn is not easy and you won't get that price for it.

The real question isn't "Can AI do x thing?" but "SHOULD AI do x thing". We know how to grow and sell corn. There is zero that AI can do to make it more "efficient" than it already is.

Come on.

phyzome 1/24/2026||
Can't wait for this to fail hilariously, complete with legal troubles.
BenoitEssiambre 1/23/2026||
AI CEOs are coming.
futuraperdita 1/23/2026|
AI middle managers are coming. The highest-level corporate authority can and will continue to exist as a person that makes sure the AI systems are running correctly and skim profits off the top of the AI substructure, with the lowest stratum being an underclass precariat doing the hands-on tickets from an AI agent at a continuously adjusted market price for the task.
BenoitEssiambre 1/23/2026||
It could be just an owner or a board or directors at the top. It's possible the CEO will be automated for some companies.
moffkalast 1/23/2026||
> AI doesn't need to drive a tractor. It needs to orchestrate the systems and people who do.

If people are involved then it's not an autonomous system. You could replace the orchestrator with the average logic defined expert system. Like come on, farming AGVs have come a long way, at least do it properly.

corndoge 1/24/2026||
Yeah this rules
qoez 1/23/2026||
Eventually robots will do this but as long as humans do the actual irl actions it makes me think of a dystopian future where all leadership decision are made by harsh micromanaging AI bosses and low paying physical labor is the only job around for humans.
farmin 1/23/2026|
I reckon producing corn in the Midwest would be the most researched and documented crop and location ever in history. So baked into an LLM should be some very good knowledge and assumptions. Growing a different crop elsewhere may be more challenging.
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