{
  "id": 505757,
  "title": "Are there extra birds vocalizing in the test data?",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2024/discussion/505757",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-05-19T02:06:50.415149600Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 5,
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  "content": "<p>Are there birds vocalizing in the test data which are not one of the 182 birds&nbsp;being evaluated? If so, how frequently should we expect these extra birds to appear -- are they negligible, or possibly significant?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2823046",
      "postDate": "05/19/2024 02:06:50",
      "content": "<p>Are there birds vocalizing in the test data which are not one of the 182 birds&nbsp;being evaluated? If so, how frequently should we expect these extra birds to appear -- are they negligible, or possibly significant?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Are there birds vocalizing in the test data which are not one of the 182 birds being evaluated? If so, how frequently should we expect these extra birds to appear -- are they negligible, or possibly significant?",
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    },
    {
      "id": "2823973",
      "postDate": "05/19/2024 14:08:18",
      "content": "<p>How would you use that information if you had it?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "How would you use that information if you had it?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2824247",
      "postDate": "05/19/2024 16:48:18",
      "content": "<p>The model may not give good predictions when encountering a new bird that it wasn’t trained on. If that happens frequently then it may help to train the model on extra birds so that it can distinguish them.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The model may not give good predictions when encountering a new bird that it wasn’t trained on. If that happens frequently then it may help to train the model on extra birds so that it can distinguish them.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2824470",
      "postDate": "05/19/2024 19:25:52",
      "content": "<p>I think an approach would be add non-targeted birds in with the negative class.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think an approach would be add non-targeted birds in with the negative class.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2824476",
      "postDate": "05/19/2024 19:30:01",
      "content": "<p>If the soundscapes are similar to the unlabeled ones provided, then yes. One can hear many birds vocalizing in them. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If the soundscapes are similar to the unlabeled ones provided, then yes. One can hear many birds vocalizing in them.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2826626",
      "postDate": "05/21/2024 03:37:28",
      "content": "<p>according to birdnet, there are extra bird species in the unlabeled soundscapes</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "according to birdnet, there are extra bird species in the unlabeled soundscapes",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2823973,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/19/2024 14:08:18",
      "content": "<p>How would you use that information if you had it?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2824247,
          "author_name": "robbynevels",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/19/2024 16:48:18",
          "content": "<p>The model may not give good predictions when encountering a new bird that it wasn’t trained on. If that happens frequently then it may help to train the model on extra birds so that it can distinguish them.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2824470,
              "author_name": "willrice",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "05/19/2024 19:25:52",
              "content": "<p>I think an approach would be add non-targeted birds in with the negative class.</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2824476,
      "author_name": "arindamroy23",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/19/2024 19:30:01",
      "content": "<p>If the soundscapes are similar to the unlabeled ones provided, then yes. One can hear many birds vocalizing in them. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2826626,
      "author_name": "llleeeoooh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/21/2024 03:37:28",
      "content": "<p>according to birdnet, there are extra bird species in the unlabeled soundscapes</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "2823046": "Are there birds vocalizing in the test data which are not one of the 182 birds being evaluated? If so, how frequently should we expect these extra birds to appear -- are they negligible, or possibly significant?",
    "2823973": "How would you use that information if you had it?",
    "2824247": "The model may not give good predictions when encountering a new bird that it wasn’t trained on. If that happens frequently then it may help to train the model on extra birds so that it can distinguish them.",
    "2824470": "I think an approach would be add non-targeted birds in with the negative class.",
    "2824476": "If the soundscapes are similar to the unlabeled ones provided, then yes. One can hear many birds vocalizing in them.",
    "2826626": "according to birdnet, there are extra bird species in the unlabeled soundscapes"
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}