A.I.-written field guides sold on Amazon could get you killed: ‘The authors are invented, their credentials are invented’

Artificial intelligence-written field guides for identifying natural objects, such as mushrooms, pose a potential danger as their inaccuracies and misleading information can lead to fatal consequences for users.

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8/29/2023

AI-Generated Books on Amazon Could Give Deadly Advice - Decrypt

AI-generated guidebooks sold on Amazon, including those for mushroom hunting, are being warned against by human authors due to the potential dangers posed by inaccurate and misleading information that could lead to serious harm or even death.

9/1/2023

Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

Amazon has been selling books on wild mushroom foraging that appear to have been written by artificial intelligence chatbots, raising concerns about their accuracy and safety for amateur mushroom pickers.

9/3/2023

Trusting A.I.-written mushroom hunting guides sold on Amazon could get you killed. But like deadly fungi, identifying them is tricky

Artificial intelligence chatbots are being used to write field guides for identifying natural objects, raising the concern that readers may receive deadly advice, as exemplified by the case of mushroom hunting.