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[–] nik9000@programming.dev 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I downloaded google lense a while back to identify a mushroom. It was pretty and I was curious. After installing and taking the picture it replied.... "Mushroom."

The second image said false widow's death wish or something metal as hell.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

I would literally code it to identify every mushroom as a destroying angel or some such. Not worth the liability.

[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yah, mushrooms are not that hard to identify if you know what to look for. I worry people who do not know what to look for will be far too confident with such an imperfect tool.

Especially with the growth of demand for foraged mushrooms in restaurants and supermarkets. It’s big money, and I have no doubt some “enterprising” people are going to get people hurt by trusting these tools too much.