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New variant on "I followed my satnav blindly and now I'm stuck in the river", except less reliable.

It is however fraud on the part of the travel company to advertise something that doesn't exist. Another form of externalized cost of AI.

>Scott Hennessey, the owner of the New South Wales-based Australian Tours and Cruises, which operates Tasmania Tours, told the Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC) earlier this month that “our AI has messed up completely.”

To me this is the real takeaway for a lot of these uses of AI. You can put in practically zero effort and get a product. Then, when that product flops or even actively screws over your customers, just blame the AI!

No one is admitting it but AI is one of the easiest ways to shift blame. Companies have been doing this ever since they went digital. Ever heard of "a glitch in the system"? Well, now with AI you can have as many of those as you want, STILL never accept responsibility, and if you look to your left and right, everyone is doing it, and no one is paying the price.

“our AI has messed up completely.”

No, it worked as designed. Generative AI simply creates content of the type that you specify, but has no concept of truth or facts.

How often do you have to update your page on "what's in a town" to "compete with the big boys"? Seems like you could just google what's in the town, or visit if you really want to make sure, rather than just asking your favourite LLM "What's there to do in Weldborough"?

Weldborough seems to have done well out of it either way.

Australia has drop bears anyhow. Do they exist?

Seems par for course.

has anyone checked to see if the AI included time co ordinates as well? it might be that AI is missunderstanding our tempotral limitations, and if prompted correctly will provide a handy portal to when, there will in fact be hot springs at the location suggested.