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by Zach_the_Lizard 1059 days ago
> Training new models?

There is value in applying old techniques to new problems. Training a model to, I don't know, recognize snake species might help save snake bite victims lives.

(This is an example I came up with in 5 seconds, please don't take it seriously)

But there's also the whole "sell the shovel" aspect; it can be hard to train models. It can be hard to interpret the quality of the results. How do I know version 2 of the model is better than version 1? How do I even get labeled photos of snakes and not-snakes?

I suspect solving some of those problems are where some of the real gold is buried.