People are saying you shouldn’t use AI to identify edible mushrooms, which is absolutely correct, but remember that people forage fruits and greens too. Plants are deadly poisonous at a higher rate than mushrooms, so plant ID AI has the potential to be more deadly too.
And then there’s the issue that these ID models are very America and/or Europe centric, and will fail miserably most of the time outside of those contexts. And if they do successfully ID a plant, they won’t provide information about it being a noxious invasive in the habitat of the user.
Like essentially all AI, even when it works it’s barely useful at the most surface level only. When it doesn’t work, which is often, it’s actively detrimental.
People are saying you shouldn’t use AI to identify edible mushrooms, which is absolutely correct, but remember that people forage fruits and greens too. Plants are deadly poisonous at a higher rate than mushrooms, so plant ID AI has the potential to be more deadly too.
And then there’s the issue that these ID models are very America and/or Europe centric, and will fail miserably most of the time outside of those contexts. And if they do successfully ID a plant, they won’t provide information about it being a noxious invasive in the habitat of the user.
Like essentially all AI, even when it works it’s barely useful at the most surface level only. When it doesn’t work, which is often, it’s actively detrimental.