Ricard Gutiérrez is a biologist specialized in zoology with a postgraduate degree in economics and environmental management. He works in wildlife conservation for the Catalan Government and has been involved for over 17 years in rarities committees and their study. In addition, he is the author of several scientific articles and nature books.
In this talk, Ricard will discuss how bird recognition has evolved with artificial intelligence, as well as the advantages and risks posed by these new and potential technologies.
Bird identification has changed dramatically in recent decades, thanks both to improved resources (identification books and articles, optics, and digital photography) and to the increase in real-time information availability and growing public interest. How do we identify birds today? What new tools do we have at our disposal? What is the role (and what types exist) of artificial intelligence? Is it really worth the hype? Is generative AI a threat? And what about advanced probabilistic models? What do they do, and are binoculars that identify species at the push of a button while we watch really useful?
These are questions we must ask ourselves in the face of the flood of new and appealing resources that increasingly expand the possibilities for wildlife observation, recording, and conservation — questions that Ricard will seek to answer by reviewing practical case studies tested in the field with these new tools.
