Spent $300 on a custom AI training set for my small business.

I run a small landscaping company and needed a better way to give quotes from photos. I paid a service to build a training set of about 500 images of yards, with each one tagged for things like square footage and plant types. It took a couple weeks to get it right, but now the model can give me a rough estimate in seconds instead of me doing it by hand. Has anyone else tried a similar approach for a niche job like this?

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thomas.tyler23d ago

Better way to give quotes from photos" is a genius move. My version of AI training is just me staring at a pile of invoices for way too long trying to guess the price. Your way sounds way less painful.

paulschmidt23d ago

Ugh, that sounds like actual torture, @thomas.tyler. I feel your pain on the invoice staring contest. Glad someone found a better way.

charles_hayes21d ago

My invoice staring is basically free AI training, @thomas.tyler.