Farmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his crops

[user556]

The topic of this article is chatbots. Discussing other non-LLM types of AI is a red-herring in this context.

 

[BadThad]

As ANYONE that uses AI regularly knows: TRUST BUT VERIFY

lololololololol

 

[GrayDragon]

This was no farmer that did this. Farmer's are a lot more intelligent. Unless they live in Hooterville.

He's old, maybe that's part of his problem?

 

[GrayDragon]

It's irrelevant what the narrator is. Being tricked is about confidence. Once the confidence is gained the speaker is treated as truthful.

Sure, the dude let his guard down but everyone does at some point. You, me, everyone is susceptible. Why do you think Trump suddenly thought it was a good idea to start bombing Iran when he'd previously complained so much about throwing away money on war?

Why, because he was doing so well bombing poor fishermen in the Atlantic and grabbing a two-bit dictator from a failing country? Yeah, I can see your point. But then we do think he might have dementia, so I dunno if it counts.

 

[ZedRM]

This had to happen. And now farmers everywhere will know better than to trust AI. Just brainless.

 

[Mark Fuller]

If AI can make mistakes (and it can), I am assuming that the folks that program the data to give answers are to blame. It's as I have always said. Anything done on you own by youself gives a lot better information than relying on second hand information whether it is AI or a real person. AI to means to me a foray into laziness whereby people think that they can rely on something else so that they don't have to do anything for themselves. Or maybe it will be a good excuse for a tax writeoff. That's what AI said. Or AI made me do it. Just wait till the AI craze hits the casinos.