“Google is serving AI-generated images of mushrooms when users search for some species, a risky and potentially fatal error for foragers who are trying to figure out what mushrooms are safe to eat.” JFC.
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Does Google not have a Risk division? Serving up 3rd party links has historically limited Google's risk exposure. But Google providing anything via A.I. is a MASSIVE liability risk. Start lawyering up now, Google.
This cropped up on Amazon a few months ago with ML-generated mushroom foraging books suggesting poisonous mushrooms. https://www.vox.com/24141648/ai-ebook-grift-mushroom-foraging-mycological-society
The plain solution is to just avoid all mushrooms, because even the poisonous ones will kill you and the edible ones are gross.
I am continuously baffled by the hype train for LLMs. Their output is consistently inaccurate and low quality. Good online curators are needed more than ever.
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