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@recluseornot on Twitter was run by some very good entomologists I know. They had to stop because of the workload. What someone needs to do, perhaps, is to use
by xipho 4y ago
@recluseornot on Twitter was run by some very good entomologists I know. They had to stop because of the workload. What someone needs to do, perhaps, is to use that corpa of images and responses as the start of the all-powerful AI.
Better yet, have a startup fund a real-life entomologist for 2-5 years, remote is possible, to keep identifying pictures in this type of forum, in return for that relatively paltry sum (maybe 70k/year + 10k for scope + camera setup for more detailed work, + 15k for operating a year), you'd get a far richer dateset to "commercialize".
Yes, I know spiders are not insects, I'm an entomologist too.
- iancmceachern 4y agoI'm down, let's do it.
- garren 4y agoIt looks like they’re still active as of 20min ago [0]. Super handy account. Just scrolling through the pics gives you a much better sense for identifying them. I suspect I’ve seen one or two in my yard, but now I think I have a better idea of what to look for. [0] https://twitter.com/RecluseOrNot/status/1560235560324710402 https://twitter.com/RecluseOrNot/status/1560235560324710402
- xipho 4y agoGreat! I know there was a hiatus at one point. It's definitely a cool feed. I worked with one of the OPs there, might have to send him a PM to see what's up. Twitter via scientists can be nice. There are a good number of people who adhere to "just the science" and post interesting/beautiful things from their labs/work.
- reportingsjr 4y ago> What someone needs to do, perhaps, is to use that corpa of images and responses as the start of the all-powerful AI. This already exists and is pretty good at what it does. It's called iNaturalist. It attempts to identify all living things and in my experience gets about 80% there. Experts will also occasionally come along and more accurately ID things. On top of this, the submitted data is used for scientific research which is amazing!
- njbooher 4y agohttps://bugguide.net/ https://bugguide.net/