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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: 0.351s | 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. harry8 ◴[18 Jan 21 21:37 UTC] No.25826951[source]▶
Isn't the volume so low on that and the latency requirements so undemanding that ML is overkill to get the answer as well as the accuracy issues with false positive for "not deadly" being somewhat asymmetric?

I still think of ML as having a niche of "mostly right is ok" and useful for very, very large volume otherwise one or more people does better for less. That may change in time. Self driving cars are very close now they say, but i suppose we've been hearing that for a few years without getting there.