Ohhhhh this is gonna end badly
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Robson Fletcher
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
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Just think of all the morons who will use this to self-select themselves into traumatic oblivion…
Truly, it is a gift. 🙌
I'm so ancient that I can remember when* gps would send you down a non-existent street, and translated to trails... well, I'm just glad I don't do SAR anymore.
* last week
'Straight down with a gravity assist' IS the quickest way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It's... just not survivable.
It's like dealing with a genie, or the fae; you have to be comprehensive and SUPER specific.
Gofundme
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104124/
oh, it's tested.
You are the test subject. You are giving it feedback to find out if the directions are good or not.
It doesn't "know."
🤦
*sighs heavily in a resigned way*
Shitty. Bug-riddled.
By design.
No, they genuinely intend for these systems to work as claimed. That this is impossible does not change that.
The concept itself is buggy af, the code reflects that. Broken by design IS still a bug.
I would recommend "THIS APP WILL KILL YOU" scrolling across the screen once every ten seconds while you're using it.