Identify immature gulls >>> accurately?
Artificial Indeed
AI
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Kevin Lucas
Yakima County, WA
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On January 18, 2024 6:00:44 PM Tom Benedict <
benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:
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If they can identify immature gulls I would strongly consider buying a pair.
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Tom Benedict
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Seahurst, wA
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:59 AM HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net
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<mailto:ucd880 at comcast.net>> wrote:
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One of my big concerns about the growth in AI and bird ID apps is that all
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they do is tell you what an object might be. One doesn't need to learn
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behavior, field marks, jazz, and so on. Just point and shoot. One of the
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things drilled into me with ID (of anything) is "Why do you think it is
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X?". For me, "Merlin says" is not acceptable.
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Hal Michael
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Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
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Olympia WA
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360-459-4005
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360-791-7702 (C)
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ucd880 at comcast.net <mailto:ucd880 at comcast.net>
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> On 01/18/2024 8:25 AM PST Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net
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<mailto:dennispaulson at comcast.net>> wrote:
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> Hmm, the loss of all neurons associated with learning to identify birds?
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The death of the bird-book industry? No more bird ID classes? Roger Tory
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Peterson turning over in his grave? But I presume the price of those things
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won't have much of that happening very soon.
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> Dennis Paulson
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> Seattle
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> > On Jan 18, 2024, at 7:45 AM, Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com
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<mailto:dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > Hello Tweeters,
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> > Any other year, I would check the date to see if was April 1st!
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> > But, another way AI will continue to surprise us all in the many
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unexpected ways it will affect our options and lives. And faster than I
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would have imagined.
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> > What's your reaction to reading about these new high-end binoculars?
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> > Dan Reiff, PhD
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> > The correct link:
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https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/worlds-first-ever-smart-binoculars-can-identify-up-to-9000-birds-thanks-built-in-ai
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