what is too few? i don’t see any evidence of there being too few identifications. whenever i’ve taken a snapshot that shows research grade vs verifiable, that ratio seems to be holding steady over time.
this seems to lead to such a pessimistic view of the value of human experience and knowledge. there’s value in going through a bunch of things you’re not familiar with and trying to figure it out without a computer telling you in advance what it thinks it is. sure, a database can replace a file cabinet as a means of recording information, but do you really want a future state where people only know what something is because an algorithm told them that’s what it is?
this also seems to value only the taxon specialist workflow, while ignoring the value of all the other identifiers out there.