Taxonomists should work with specialists in pattern recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence, say Norman MacLeod, Mark Benfield and Phil Culverhouse — more accuracy and less drudgery will result.
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MacLeod, N., Benfield, M. & Culverhouse, P. Time to automate identification. Nature 467, 154–155 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467154a
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