Re: Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-02 Thread jimgarr...@posteo.net
Tiny additional technical point: the classification should consider geography as well. I heard of a couple visiting the Boston (USA) area from China. They found a mushroom that looked like an edible mushroom in China, but it was not the same and was in fact very poisonous. One died

Re: Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-02 Thread Joshua Allen
Pure DNA testing is essential when it comes to what's edible to eat On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 12:38 PM Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote: On 3/30/24 01:06, Akira Urushibata wrote: [snip] > Another issue I would like to raise is

Re: Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-02 Thread Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss
On 3/30/24 01:06, Akira Urushibata wrote: [snip] Another issue I would like to raise is that many people erroneously believe that "artificial intelligence" is an improved form of software. Conventional programs are accurate when properly written, but "AI" systems work on a different principle

Re: Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-02 Thread Joshua Allen
i dont trust AI to be anything more than a tool say for compiling custom template letters. On 3/29/2024 7:06 PM, Akira Urushibata wrote: Applications and services for identifying mushrooms have appeared recently. The user gives a photo as input and it will tell the mushroom's name, along with

Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-01 Thread Akira Urushibata
Applications and services for identifying mushrooms have appeared recently. The user gives a photo as input and it will tell the mushroom's name, along with information on whether it is edible or not. Such programs claim to be driven by "artificial intelligemce." Experts warn that these tools