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I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea

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851 points swyx | 1 comments | 18 Jan 21 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.347s | source
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extrememacaroni ◴[18 Jan 21 21:19 UTC] No.25826762[source]▶
This reminds me of an idea I had days ago of using an AI to tell poisonous mushrooms from edible ones apart, from photos.

Then I realized I don't want to be responsible for anyone's death.

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1. frompdx ◴[18 Jan 21 21:36 UTC] No.25826937[source]▶
Definitely a neat idea, but how would this work? Most identification starts with a spore print. What if instead of an AI to identify mushrooms it was software that used a classification system like what is described in "Mushrooms Demystified".

Edit: Should clarify most reading I have done on mushroom ID involves taking spore prints as an essential step but it's not always the rule.