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by micah94 4 days ago
I tried asking Fable 5 to identify the fungus in a picture I uploaded of one of my wife's plants. Apparently it thought I was trying to build a bioweapon. Opus answered it (yellow dog vomit fungus). Now I can spread the spores and take over the world!
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That's a slime mold, not a fungus

A slime mold is actually a giant amoeba, entirely distinct from a fungus.

Careful with that dangerous knowledge, you’ll end up in a list.
> That's a slime mold, not a fungus

Now you sound like Pl@ntNet identify: "This is not a plant! Maybe fungi?"

(Edit: It doesn't seem catch amoebae in the same way. It suggested Goldmoss instead, with 1% confidence.)

I feel like the over safe aspect of the system will eventually back fire by doing stuff like "since humans always want to always destroy thing, they must be eliminated to stay on the guard rails". If thats how you align a system, its fundamentally wrong.
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I wonder if it blurred the image or something before passing it to Opus...
It's my favourite slime mold. Just by the name you can instantly recognize it.