Taxacom: An artifical 'intelligence' and key

[Peter Uetz]

The question is whether they should. Dichotomous keys are (usually) a pain to use, and if you have one less reliable character, they may completely mislead you.

However, LLMs can produce character tables from descriptions, which you can use for ID purposes. The output, of course, depends on your input. Here are some examples (including good and bad ones):

Uetz, P.; Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. 2023
Towards digital descriptions of all extant reptile species.
Megataxa 010 (1): 027–042
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.11646%2Fmegataxa.10.1.6&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C9129b1dcd41145c3de5608dd4972116f%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638747476448785248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ej6ITvHDUNE0THsErw74rSRIfsN9%2BdMVQaAJRuML9jY%3D&reserved=0

Let me know if anybody has tried this for other groups, including insects!


> On Feb 9, 2025, at 19:11, Vr.R.Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> Just wonder when a software with Artificial inteligence will be able to create identification key?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Vratislav
> Sydney
> retired entomoogists
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Peter Uetz
Center for Biological Data Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284
USA

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