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I see this happen a lot on Tiktok and Facebook where influencers post about using different plants for food or for skincare. They often either show photos that are of a different plant that is dangerous to eat or they haven’t actually tried this and promoting the consumption of a plant that can poison people. It’s the Wild West out there on social networks.
Do we believe this story? It's a Reddit "LegalAdvice" thread. It's not morel season in the UK right now; false morels are also March-May produce.
Do we believe this story? It's a Reddit "LegalAdvice" thread. It's not morel season in the UK right now; false morels are also March-May produce.
This was something that was bound to happen and is going to happen again unless we get more serious regulation around AI publishing. > It lists the author as having a Masters Degree in Mycology from University of East Ontario. A search later revealed there is no "University of East Ontario." This has got to be criminal negligence.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander: the AI generated not only the contents but the author as well. This has to be some kind of a new level of idiocy. I mean, use AI to make junk sci-fi stories, and generate fake authors all day. But going for a book about mushrooms deserves a special stupidity and evilness award.
This was something that was bound to happen and is going to happen again unless we get more serious regulation around AI publishing. > It lists the author as having a Masters Degree in Mycology from University of East Ontario. A search later revealed there is no "University of East Ontario." This has got to be criminal negligence.
This is actually a problem with non-AI generated mushroom books as well. Apparently publishers have been copying eachothers misinformation for a long time.
It is also a problem with accurate images and descriptions. Some mushrooms are very easily mistaken for others: unless you're 100% sure you've picked this very species before in around the same place and time, you'd better leave it there or bring it to a mycologist for identification.
Do we believe this story? It's a Reddit "LegalAdvice" thread. It's not morel season in the UK right now; false morels are also March-May produce.
The poster doesn’t claim they ate morels. The section about morels was an example for something unrelated to the poisoning.
They mentioned morels, which are sort of plausible (dates excepted) since false morels aren't going to kill you. What kind of mushroom would they be hunting in late July where their poisoning wouldn't be actually-newsworthy?
Do we believe this story? It's a Reddit "LegalAdvice" thread. It's not morel season in the UK right now; false morels are also March-May produce.
I searched for the title of the book and nothing came up. When does searching for something NOT bring up amazon links?
> The book has been removed from sale from the online retailer, ...
Emphasis added. I don't know if this is real or not, but they haven't given us the title.
This is actually a problem with non-AI generated mushroom books as well. Apparently publishers have been copying eachothers misinformation for a long time.
It is also a problem with accurate images and descriptions. Some mushrooms are very easily mistaken for others: unless you're 100% sure you've picked this very species before in around the same place and time, you'd better leave it there or bring it to a mycologist for identification.
Do we believe this story? It's a Reddit "LegalAdvice" thread. It's not morel season in the UK right now; false morels are also March-May produce.
There have been quite a few articles corroborating the existence of books like this, the only part that needs believing is that someone actually used the books as advertised. https://www.vox.com/24141648/ai-ebook-grift-mushroom-foragin... https://fortune.com/2023/09/03/ai-written-mushroom-hunting-g...
Of course the story remains plausible, and it certainly has an air of truthiness, but I'd give it very good odds for being fake.