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I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should have some sort of disclaimer: "not responsible for accidentally identifying death caps as

I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should have some sort of disclaimer: "not responsible for accidentally identifying death caps as chantarelles."

transitorykris 9y ago
For the curious: https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts-killing-you-before-you-even-realize-it/ https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts... This happens, and it's bad.
- freeflight 9y ago
  I'm somewhat baffled this actually happens that often. As a kid, I often went mushroom foraging with my family. The first thing they taught us kids was to be very wary of death caps, and most mushrooms with gills in general. If it has gills and you are unsure, just leave it. Never had any accidents with wrong mushrooms and had lots of fun, at least until a certain nuclear reactor blew up and we had to stop.
  - rhizome31 9y ago
    Which reactor was it?
    - freeflight 9y ago
      Chernobyl blew up and made foraging in many parts of Europe a rather risky deal.
kyledrake 9y ago
I'm going to tell you how to live your life, please put up a disclaimer. This is the first example I've ever seen of an image classifier that could kill someone if it makes a mistake. You may also want to consider listing all percentages and classification types, instead of just the highest match (if you don't do this yet).
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  I pivoted my idea on an allergen identification system after hearing the same thing from people on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637584
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago
  I think it would be accidental death, but it's a nice sentiment.
- kyledrake 9y ago
  (BTW, I think this is a great idea. Just, yeah, disclaimer.)
pingou 9y ago
Definitely, as I said elsewhere in a comment, I will add more warnings. The disclaimer is already there when you get the results, but it doesn't hurt to put some more. Will also give some picture examples with mushrooms that look alike but with one delicious and edible and another deadly.
- Mz 9y ago
  And maybe link to an article of some sort that spells out what horrible things the deadly one does to you because people can be pigheaded, slow to listen, etc.
bluntfang 9y ago
chanterelles look nothing like an amanita :\
- dunham 9y ago
  Yeah, that was my thought too. But I do have something growing in my back yard (in the fall) that is fairly similar to yellow chanterelle - probably jack-o-lantern. The gills are wrong, but I'd imagine that software to identify mushrooms from photos would miss that subtlety.
- kharms 9y ago
  Sure that example is extreme, but the deadly amanitas do look like puffballs when young.

I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should have some sort of disclaimer: "not responsible for accidentally identifying death caps as chantarelles."

transitorykris 9y ago

For the curious: https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts-killing-you-before-you-even-realize-it/ https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/02/23/this-mushroom-starts... This happens, and it's bad.

freeflight 9y ago
I'm somewhat baffled this actually happens that often. As a kid, I often went mushroom foraging with my family. The first thing they taught us kids was to be very wary of death caps, and most mushrooms with gills in general. If it has gills and you are unsure, just leave it. Never had any accidents with wrong mushrooms and had lots of fun, at least until a certain nuclear reactor blew up and we had to stop.
- rhizome31 9y ago
  Which reactor was it?
  - freeflight 9y ago
    Chernobyl blew up and made foraging in many parts of Europe a rather risky deal.

kyledrake 9y ago

I'm going to tell you how to live your life, please put up a disclaimer. This is the first example I've ever seen of an image classifier that could kill someone if it makes a mistake. You may also want to consider listing all percentages and classification types, instead of just the highest match (if you don't do this yet).

zitterbewegung 9y ago
I pivoted my idea on an allergen identification system after hearing the same thing from people on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637584
0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago
I think it would be accidental death, but it's a nice sentiment.
kyledrake 9y ago
(BTW, I think this is a great idea. Just, yeah, disclaimer.)

pingou 9y ago

Definitely, as I said elsewhere in a comment, I will add more warnings. The disclaimer is already there when you get the results, but it doesn't hurt to put some more. Will also give some picture examples with mushrooms that look alike but with one delicious and edible and another deadly.

Mz 9y ago
And maybe link to an article of some sort that spells out what horrible things the deadly one does to you because people can be pigheaded, slow to listen, etc.

bluntfang 9y ago

chanterelles look nothing like an amanita :\

dunham 9y ago
Yeah, that was my thought too. But I do have something growing in my back yard (in the fall) that is fairly similar to yellow chanterelle - probably jack-o-lantern. The gills are wrong, but I'd imagine that software to identify mushrooms from photos would miss that subtlety.
kharms 9y ago
Sure that example is extreme, but the deadly amanitas do look like puffballs when young.