I can understand switching from Wifi to (5G) Cellular in a factory setting as I heard on a podcast that 5G has features built into it for verious different circ

I can understand switching from Wifi to (5G) Cellular in a factory setting as I heard on a podcast that 5G has features built into it for verious different circumstances. I can't fathom switching from Ethernet though, as that has different operating characteristics than wireless networks. I would assume they would no longer want to put a network cable to every machine but for those requiring high bandwidth I would certainly keep wired networking. Switching VMs for Cloud offerings is something different, maybe it makes sense for them to use stuff like Function as a Service from various providers rather than implement it yourself on VMs that the cloud provider hosts anyway. You're still just paying to use other people's computers so if you can optimise what you use it may make a difference. The biggest good thing in the article though is the mention of a decent use of Machine Learning in order to reduce the amount of pesticides and herbicides released into the environment. Not really as glamorous or sexy as generating art but something that actually makes a real difference.