Sunguramy :nb_lily:
@sunguramy@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago
boost_ok Re: iNaturalist getting involved with Google genAI...feeding our comments into things...

Due to continued silence from iNaturalist about everything, October 31. That’s my deadline. That’s MORE THAN FAIR amount of time for them to:

1) Have a proper outline of the project and exactly what it will be.
2. Have a solid opt-in to the project, so no users are auto opted in without their consent
3. Have added account deletion options from an over-year-old feature request to add ways to delete including without removing ID’s for others along with anonymization. If data loss is really such a problem to them (which I think it should be) not having a way to do such a type of delete should be TOP PRIORITY especially with all this genAI bs going on...already it sounds like some power users have fully deleted their accounts over this, tired of waiting.

- Signed, someone with almost 25k ID’s for others, and almost 4k observations, including some firsts on the site (including new species to science) and other rare reports.

Please boost because I don't think most users know what is going on. All this info is mostly occurring on their separate forum, which you need to make a separate account to join. This is part of the issue of lack of transparency!

#AI#genAI#LLM #programming #computers #nature #naturalist #iNaturalist #iNat #biology #ecology#communityScience #cave #critters #invertebrate #insect

A cave silverfish, that our team discovered. Not only is it a new species, it was entirely new *genus*. My observations were the first up on iNaturalist. The rest all belong to our crew which are all equally worried about iNaturalist getting into bed with Google GenAI. It is a pigmentless critter, with three "tails" which are facing the camera. Lots of little tiny sensory hairs, and they skuttle around quickly, like surface rock bristletails/silverfish (common names vary). Muddy rock background.
A cave silverfish, that our team discovered. Not only is it a new species, it was entirely new *genus*. My observations were the first up on iNaturalist. The rest all belong to our crew which are all equally worried about iNaturalist getting into bed with Google GenAI. It is a pigmentless critter, with three "tails" which are facing the camera. Lots of little tiny sensory hairs, and they skuttle around quickly, like surface rock bristletails/silverfish (common names vary). Muddy rock background.
A cave silverfish, that our team discovered. Not only is it a new species, it was entirely new *genus*. My observations were the first up on iNaturalist. The rest all belong to our crew which are all equally worried about iNaturalist getting into bed with Google GenAI. It is a pigmentless critter, with three "tails" which are facing the camera. Lots of little tiny sensory hairs, and they skuttle around quickly, like surface rock bristletails/silverfish (common names vary). Muddy rock background.
hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.

LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.