When I uploaded a dragonfly photo today and used the auto ID feature, at first I was puzzled as to what was going on. The auto ID came up with a deer.
After I thought about this, I was wondering if this could be a software issue. The dragonfly is a “common whitetail”. The deer is a “white-tailed deer”. Did the auto ID correctly identify the dragonfly as a “common whitetail” and then did the code behind the auto ID get “white-tailed deer”?
Maybe I am overthinking this. But, as a former software tester I decided to enter it. When I used to test software the thinking was to report everything and let the programmers figure out whether or not it was an issue. In any case, this probably needs to be looked at. I don’t think the photo in any way resembles a deer.
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You can try uploading the photo yourself from my observation entry.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81697069
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