Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 · 2025-03-24T08:52:54 1742806374

Discussed a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39800678

cluckindan · 2025-03-24T08:36:41 1742805401

How much would it cost to fine-tune an AI to recognize fish and do this automatically instead of crowdsourcing?

Maybe some one-shot object detection model would work even without fine-tuning?

dmbche · 2025-03-24T08:52:13 1742806333

"People do so enthusiastically every year. In 2024, the Fish Doorbell attracted around 2.7 million viewers, from America to Brazil! The project has gained global recognition, helping people worldwide learn about fish migration and Utrecht’s underwater world."

I don't think solving the problem is the goal, it's attracting attention while solving the problem, which is a different goal

schoen · 2025-03-24T08:43:25 1742805805

I bet it was a conscious decision to crowdsource it instead of automating it in order to get people more interested in the fish. It seems like it's drawing a pretty substantial fan base!

__alexs · 2025-03-24T08:42:02 1742805722

This is about teaching people about waterways and local wild life. Hiding it behind the an AI would defeat the point.

vasco · 2025-03-24T08:49:04 1742806144

This is more about community engagement and education than anything else.

noosphr · 2025-03-24T08:50:19 1742806219

>How much would it cost to fine-tune an AI to recognize fish and do this automatically instead of crowdsourcing?

$0 basically.

You can fine tune a YOLO model on a work station in an hour or so.

brian-armstrong · 2025-03-24T08:54:08 1742806448

Eager to abandon your observation duties already? But you just got here.

hhh · 2025-03-24T08:48:18 1742806098

probably low, but then it would be boring instead of a community event full of whimsy and fun

rapnie · 2025-03-24T08:39:02 1742805542

I did see fish fly by so fast that it would be really tricky to snapshot them.

frizlab · 2025-03-24T08:40:22 1742805622

Unrelated but why did they have to highjack the scrolling on this page…

cyanf · 2025-03-24T08:42:29 1742805749

This is delightful.

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