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Using AI to spot edible mushrooms could kill you | AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes (wapo.st)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.

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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Death camas and wild onion are not easy to tell apart. Chanterelles and morels can be identified safely and easily by beginners by looking at a few key features. Neither should use an app to ID.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You missed the word "typically". I well know that there are exceptions.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I read it, just don’t agree on the generalization. I think it’s more that there’s a cultural phobia of fungi, and not really that they’re harder to ID safely than plants.