laptop, that s a little easier to find that person. reporter: labor unions say they want tech to make the work easier as long as we don t toss people aside after decades of brutal labor. to the extent that automation can make life better for farm workers by making them less physically demanding, safer, more dignified, we welcome it. our concern is that automation w will allow w employoyers to basasically discarard them. repororter: ai isis spreading ththrough farming. there s the broccoli bot built by oregon college students to harvest the vegetable, and john deere has been plowing ahead with several kinds of ai technology. for paul, it s about more than just zapping weeds. the data that comes out of these images will be incredibly valuable for farmers to be able to predict what s going to happen in the future based on past action. so you are not just killing weeds, but actually harvesting data that we can use to make crops better. yeah, that s right. if you talk to any farme