Victor Anton

Conservation biologist and AI adopter @

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You know things are bad when the green option is not even considered 😞
#freshwater in #Aotearoa 🫣

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In 2020 Bitcoin mining used 75.4 terawatt hours per year (higher energy usage than Austria or Portugal) 🤨

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An awesome example of how #ML can help us understand the (often complex) ethical, social, ecological and technical aspects of conservation🦤
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Kudos to Z. Carter, J. Hanson, G. Perry, and J. Russell
#PredatorfreeNZ #AI4good #conservationmanagement

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Deep learning bringing up some light to long-standing questions in ecology and evolution
This time UV reflectance evolution in passerine birds
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@cbrieseman Agree, specially hard to spot and even harder to photograph with a phone😅

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Sometimes tiny birds are hard to see but you get so much joy when you find them🐤

#NZnatives #greentaranaki #urbanecology

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Friendly reminder to do your NZ Garden Bird Survey 🦆🦉🦜
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NEW PAPER: Can multispecies detection networks help to speed-up the development/application of automated photoID, while maintaining performance? We provide a proof-of-concept for #Ursids & an e.g. ID pipeline for #AndeanBears. #OA paper in @MammBiol (1/n) https://t.co/S2SAnnODLx

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@bluevalhalla That's awesome. Thanks for sharing your journey

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AI model shows how Amazon dams can be made less environmentally damaging https://t.co/f9jJ5t948O via @Mongabay

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Drones and AI - A perfect combo for conservation

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