Yesterday I was reminded of a common failing in machine learning algorithms that again suggests they aren’t really thinking or understanding. Possibly it points to the lack of a world model. Here’s a nice little photo I caught of a bird in its environment:

Do you see the bird? Do you know what it is? (If you’re not a birder, I’ll give you a hint. It’s an American Kestrel.) This isn’t an especially tough or complicated ID once you spot the bird sitting on the pipe. I could have cropped it in closer, but I sort of liked the environment in this one.

And here’s what the rather good iNaturalist machine learning model suggested:

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