What makes this split durable is that neither narrative is wrong on its own terms — they are simply using different accounting systems that were never designed to talk to each other. Agricultural AI coverage measures efficiency gains, crop yields, and food security outcomes [2][3]; its implicit unit is 'how many people can be fed per unit of land.' The infrastructure critique measures electricity consumed, water drawn, and CO2 emitted; its implicit unit is 'what does running this system cost the atmosphere.' A single AI-powered irrigation system in Saudi Arabia…