I’m not sure that I have a particular goal in bringing this up, beyond sharing yet another astonishing example of the morass of supposed “information” being spewed up by allegedly innovative people armed with an LLM and some basic web/app development skills. In this case, it appears there’s an app …

[image] neylon: I don’t know that we can say we’re in a “post-truth crisis” Well, what do the experts say ? edit: I’ll leave it here, too much personal heat for me - folks interested in academic materials on post-truth, misinformation, correction and its shortcomings… can dig into e.g. the ex…

Do we trust scientists? Yes https://theconversation.com/most-of-us-trust-scientists-shows-a-survey-of-nearly-72-000-people-worldwide-246252 And the published research

I think societal trust in academia is a different subject than the proliferation of AI content and discussion of that should maybe be moved to a different thread (if it’s considered appropriate for the forum). I think it’s accurate to say that public trust in academia and other authoritative institu…

This article seems to be a good match to the topic here, a sometimes funny, sometimes worrisome read: https://tradescantia.uk/article/dont-ask-an-ai-for-plant-advice/ What I got away from it is: There’s a need to educate folks on safe prompt design for AI so you’re not getting nonsensical or dange…

[image] annkatrinrose: This article seems to be a good match to the topic here, a sometimes funny, sometimes worrisome read: https://tradescantia.uk/article/dont-ask-an-ai-for-plant-advice/ Okay, maybe it’s just because I’m suddenly sick, but I could not stop giggling. I know that this was i…

Your concerns are not overblown. There is a lady on Instagram Black Forager and she posts a lot of content on foraging plants and making yummy things with them. She posted about AI generated books being sold on Amazon, one book in particular was about mushrooms. Identifying mushrooms and informatio…

[image] mo0nsgreenthumb: no one would be liable since it was AI generated Someone had to have told the AI to generate it.

Right but how do you verify that if you don’t know that it was AI generated? It seems completely legit. There is a picture of a person and name. There have been many times when companies disappear without a trace and you are left with a fake product on your hands.

Related case: [image] Testing Gemini vs iNat https://abc7chicago.com/fungi-mushroom-food-poisoning-intoxication/14240694/ Already happened.

[image] annkatrinrose: This article seems to be a good match to the topic here, a sometimes funny, sometimes worrisome read: https://tradescantia.uk/article/dont-ask-an-ai-for-plant-advice/ That’s a great (but horrifying) read. By now many of us have probably had the chance to be alarmed by …

Are my concerns about AI-generated plant crud overblown?

Nature Talk

GothHobbit January 27, 2025, 1:20am 40

Okay, maybe it’s just because I’m suddenly sick, but I could not stop giggling. I know that this was intended for serious discussion, but I still appreciate the levity today.

Topic		Replies	Views
How do iNatters use AI? General	87	2261	November 6, 2025
AI generated image passed the Computer Vision test General question , android-app , ai	62	4150	July 30, 2025
AI (eg. Google) juggle with non-facts and their potential influence on IDs on INat Nature Talk	6	312	February 4, 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flash & Species Accuracy: Can we still spot the AI image? General	44	1284	May 29, 2026
Stance on AI assistants to write responses to identifications? General question , identification , ai	44	1493	May 6, 2026

Are my concerns about AI-generated plant crud overblown?

Related topics