Don't use computer vision

[Star3]

You are not mistaken. Per iNat staff, iNat is meant to connect people with iNat first, and any scientific value is a “byproduct”:

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/records-on-inat-that-are-of-no-value-because-theyre-not-identifiable/4062/5?u=star3

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/what+is+it#:~:text=However%2C%20despite%20the%20fact%20that,significance%2C%20and%20is%20worth%20protecting.