Recently, I added an observation for a ladybug, and the AI suggested Hesperomyces. That seemed fungus-related by the ending of the name, but I decided to accept it anyway and then research the name. Searching the name indeed brings up many ladybug observations here or on the web in general. Most of …

The AI algorithm - confusing pathogen/host or subject/background

alex December 5, 2021, 8:22pm 12

Images are resized & cropped to 299x299 before training.

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