Dr. Sarah Goslee
@numberwright.bsky.social
Landscape ecology, multivariate statistics, geospatial everything. All opinions my own; none are official positions of my employer.
Agreed, media coverage in this space lacks nuance. iNat has used machine learning and computer vision for a long time: that’s how their suggested identifications work. That’s a good use! What they’re proposing now is a generative AI partnership with Google. So many potential problems.
June 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Agreed, media coverage in this space lacks nuance. iNat has used machine learning and computer vision for a long time: that’s how their suggested identifications work. That’s a good use! What they’re proposing now is a generative AI partnership with Google. So many potential problems.
Image recognition is fine. There are lots of incredibly useful machine learning applications, including that kind of computer vision.
I object to using generative AI / LLMs for this (or, well, anything). Those models are trained on stolen data, environmentally expensive, and of dubious value.
I object to using generative AI / LLMs for this (or, well, anything). Those models are trained on stolen data, environmentally expensive, and of dubious value.
June 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Image recognition is fine. There are lots of incredibly useful machine learning applications, including that kind of computer vision.
I object to using generative AI / LLMs for this (or, well, anything). Those models are trained on stolen data, environmentally expensive, and of dubious value.
I object to using generative AI / LLMs for this (or, well, anything). Those models are trained on stolen data, environmentally expensive, and of dubious value.
800 in ARS (over 10%), and 1000 from NRCS.
February 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
800 in ARS (over 10%), and 1000 from NRCS.
I am SO SECURE.
December 6, 2024 at 9:18 PM
I am SO SECURE.