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another take a way.........
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we have over a million messages .... most...folks needing help.....so..not everyone thinks our knowledge is going down hill..

 

No, I agree, about 80% of the photos I have of items I own Google lens got, I would say these were quite recognisable items, lens didn't do well metal items but it did do very well with wooden items, right wood and right region of carving, right inlay ect.
It will get better over time but as evelyb30 said "we can still get deals on oddball items that just SMELL good"
I did every post I've ever dome on here and it got them all apart from the metal items.

 

I'm just waiting for a video version of lens that can scan 1000's of items in real time that allows you to set it to flag anything worth over £100 and take it to a car boot fair
It won't be long

 

Gonna really reduce the fun of the hunt, though.

 

Bar code scanners did that a decade ago. Google Lens is now chewing on what's left.

 

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/man-shocked-discover-499-plate-949082

To confirm its value, Carcerano turned to Google Lens for research and quickly realized its significance. "It takes some research sometimes, but after searching Google Lens for one that had sold for $4,400, I realized I had something worthwhile in five minutes."

 

He knew it was something, just not what. I've seen this story before.

 

google lens has changed it's look for me........ anyone else?

 

I have been putting Google lens through it's paces over the last week or two and it's good on pottery design and some distinctive box design but where it fails is detail, it can't tell the difference between old Khatam and new even if I narrow the field. ATM I'm trying to find a rare box, I've seen it a few times before and I know there are photos of other boxes like it but lens can't find them.