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Deploy a fleet of unmanned drone subs with cameras, then use AI to filter for possibly-new creatures? Seems like you'd find 1000s...

• BelleOfTheBall 3y ago
  It's not exactly that simple, especially the part where AI would somehow differentiate extremely visually similar species from each other, while in near-complete darkness and on the move.
  • thaumasiotes 3y ago
    > especially the part where AI would somehow differentiate extremely visually similar species from each other We have an AI for this exact task now, Seek by iNaturalist. It keeps getting rave reviews. The only problem is that it's terrible at identifying things. I have a picture of an elephant seal that it is certain actually shows a clouded monitor lizard.
    • justincormack 3y ago
      Seek is not “by” iNaturalist. It does use models generated from their data.
      • thaumasiotes 3y ago
        > Seek is not “by” iNaturalist. This is one of the stupidest comments I've ever seen. The app is provided by iNaturalist, and its name is, literally, "Seek by iNaturalist". Check it out: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app
    • BelleOfTheBall 3y ago
      I've used Seek and, yes, if this is what the current capabilities are like, we are not ready to use AI for new species discovery.
• melagonster 3y ago
  watching video is not bottle neck. but if is helpful that scientists get more budgets.
• pompino 3y ago
  Its a good idea in theory, but visibility is poor below 1000m or so, cameras are useless without light, and flood lights have limited range.