Why so many implausible identifications? It happens to notice a relative high number of implausible identifications. In other words, observations of plants species that are more or less common and that are usually correctly identified by the AI, have received by users a genus or species IDs that ar…

Were the ID’s suggested by the Computer Vision, or did humans make them without computer assistance? I know I’ve made wildly wrong identifications because (1) I made a mistake about identification or (2) I clicked on the wrong name in the list and didn’t notice.

Seek does have a different CV model (older, simpler) than the apps/website I believe.

For which plant species have you noticed these identifications? Just curious.

I often have to go through some frustrating AI fails, that users choose because it is the top choice. I know random Geo caterpillars are called the European “Black Looper”, and naked pupae are often called a specific European Cossid moth. I have to keep eliminating them to try to get the AI to sto…

Are you noticing this with any species in particular being IDed more often, or is it pretty random?

I have sent you a private message.

I have not made a in depth study of the phenomenon but just noticed it…

Sometimes iNat, the camera GPS, or user error, causes species to get tagged with a wildly incorrect location during the upload process, and the user doesn’t notice it. This has happened to me a few times where I could trace it to the photo selection process on the phone version of the app. When you …

Have they used the CV or not? You can tell if they have by a little icon in the top right of their ID (on the website)

Why so many implausible identifications?

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saturnring September 2, 2022, 4:25pm 5

You might want to read through this topic: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/possible-increase-in-cv-errors-around-organism-range-location/34411

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