We can get a computer to tag the birds, answer questions about them, and generate new pictures of them.

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    That’s true, even if the specific example doesn’t hold, the core concept does. If I needed to implement a bird detector today, I’d make an API call to AWS Rekognition or an equivalent service. It would take me a day or two to learn the API and then maybe 4 hours to actually implement. But if you asked me to implement a bird species detector, I’m pretty sure there is no off the shelf API capable of that, and I would indeed need months or years.

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      Off the shelf… no… though I’ve been rather impressed at the accuracy of the iPhone. There’s this little i in a circle that has a star in the corner which will do a “let me try to match this”. I believe its only a matter of time before this becomes more accessible.

      Attempting to match a purple flower on the side of a bike trail

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        Google Lens is also a thing for general usage, and there are plenty options for more specific tasks such as Merlin for birds.