Using Ai to Train my Birds!

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Here one of my latest videos from YouTube, don't seem to be able to embed the video here, so have provided the link!
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I like it could be a good idea for training points ☺️
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Devo1956 wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 10:16 pm Good video, keep them going. Well done.
Thanks mate!
Murray wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 10:57 pm Very well done, but not for me, I'm afraid.
The AI doesn't know if the youngsters are a bit spooky after a hawk chased them, or I don't like the look of the sky up one road, so I decide to go up the other road, or the cocks are being a bloody nuisance so I take them out for a fly to knock some energy out of them.
In short, the AI doesn't have the sort of relationship with the birds that I do.
I'll stick with that.
That's understandable! I believe that if I felt the locations were not suitable I'd move on somewhere else!

I'm coming to the conclusion that the locations of where to train are much less important than the training itself regardless!
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Can i ask you Matt, what happened with this project?
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Devo1956 wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 10:06 am Can i ask you Matt, what happened with this project?
Using AI for training?

I did continue using it for a couple more distances out from this video, but ended up defaulting back to my known and tested training routes.

Mostly because I knew where I was going to without the satnav if I'm being honest!
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Winfort Lofts wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 11:42 am
Devo1956 wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 10:06 am Can i ask you Matt, what happened with this project?
Using AI for training?

I did continue using it for a couple more distances out from this video, but ended up defaulting back to my known and tested training routes.

Mostly because I knew where I was going to without the satnav if I'm being honest!
Thank you for the reply Matt, it would be good to hear how your birds are doing. Will you be racing young birds?
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What utter rubbish. AI to train birds. If you haven't got the intelligence to find a suitable training spot yourself to train from, you best finding a other hobby.
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Winfort Lofts wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 8:17 am
Devo1956 wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 10:16 pm Good video, keep them going. Well done.
Thanks mate!
Murray wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 10:57 pm Very well done, but not for me, I'm afraid.
The AI doesn't know if the youngsters are a bit spooky after a hawk chased them, or I don't like the look of the sky up one road, so I decide to go up the other road, or the cocks are being a bloody nuisance so I take them out for a fly to knock some energy out of them.
In short, the AI doesn't have the sort of relationship with the birds that I do.
I'll stick with that.
That's understandable! I believe that if I felt the locations were not suitable I'd move on somewhere else!

I'm coming to the conclusion that the locations of where to train are much less important than the training itself regardless!
Just keep training then on the racing line Matt, let us know how its going.
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hope the training is going well Matt and look forward to hearing your results for your Y/Bs good luck for this weekend if your sending them mate
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king wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 1:14 pm What utter rubbish. AI to train birds. If you haven't got the intelligence to find a suitable training spot yourself to train from, you best finding a other hobby.
Honestly your replies are an absolute delight to read!

Dunno if I have at some point done something to upset you, or such at some point.

The purpose of the YouTube video from last year I shall point out, was to entertain people.

Most videos on the platform are there for entertainment purposes.

Now, I will point out that Ai is very good at data and pattern recognition, this means it's far quicker at noticing things that may take us a lot longer to recognise.

If there is something in the information being recorded that is worth noting, why wouldn't you want to find that information as fast as you can?

Thats effectively what I was doing with my use of Ai, it's less not being able to find somewhere suitable, more where are some optimal positions to train from in this weather/wind etc, when the first race is from there, and the fed will be pulling that way...
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