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extrememacaroni ◴[] 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. Const-me ◴[] No.25827058[source]
I don’t believe modern state of AI is good enough for the job. At least not yet.

A human expert might look at your photo and instead of saying “you may / should not eat that” start asking questions, about local ecosystem, climate and weather. Or they might ask you to shoot more photos, e.g. bottom of the cap or microscopic photo of spores.

I’m not an expert in AI but based on what I know they aren’t smart enough for that, at least not yet.