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What is this sapphire-looking bug? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/whatisthisthing

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google Lens is often mistaken. It once thought a tick was a rare form of aphid, and everyone was like "ooh we gotta see more of those".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's easy to tell when it happens and you should always cross check, but it was very easily able to identify your bug in question. I literally tested it myself before commenting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you think this post is for if not to cross check?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

By cross checking I meant to actually look at the image suggested and compare it properly with the bug in question. What's with the people here?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I did do that. I have a poor judgment when it comes to the difference between bugs. Google Lens is an AI tool, so it too is not perfect. The best thing to do is to have one AI source and one human source. Had I not adopted this method, I may have gotten tick infections by now.