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A group of ill-prepared climbers had to be rescued because Gemini told them climbing Mt. Shasta would only take 8 hours.

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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I had a funny experience with some friends the other weekend. Visited them, they had family visit und we went for a hike with two other friends of them, a couple.

Not Mt. Everest, just a scenic area of Northern Germany. The other guy just asked his Mercedes car AI to guide us to a parking lot nearby. When we left the car, he joked that we should have our phones charged in case we get lost. We all laughed - he is from the area and had grown up some 40 kilometers away.

Well, after some five hours of hiking, it was time to return.... and it turned out that nobody of us really knew where the two cars were, and where to return to. Six people looking at their phone things and scratching their heads.

It turned out that the car also had connected service which would text its location to a phone. But, well, the paid subscription for that service had ended.

We then got a physical, real map from a shop nearby and figured it out eventually. It was still good fun, and we had a good laugh.

But in a slightly different situation - being in the mountains with bad weather, one exhausted person, for example - it would not have been funny at all. It was such a weird situation, because normally when you go somewhere you have very a clear idea where you are, and where a safe return point is.

What I also find interesting is that there is no real clear line which knowledge is vital and what is inconsequential information. Our minds have evolved and exist only to protect our bodies and our life, and this permeates them.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PSA: Don't rely on AI ~~to plan anything that could put your life at risk... like a mountain climb - Engadget~~

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

PSA: Don't ~~rely on~~ AI ~~to plan anything that could put your life at risk... like a mountain climb - Engadget~~

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't even rely on it to plan inconsequential stuff, like an appliance purchase. It'll hallucinate all kinds of crazy features it doesn't have. I tried to use it to compare dishwasher models when I needed a new one. What a cluster fuck of wrong information and wasted time that was.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 40 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Honestly I hate AI with a burning passion. It's the stupidest shit on earth. Except for these climbers.

Because it's their own fucking fault. I don't even think we can blame AI for this one.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow this seems an jncredibly stupid show, and teenage viewers will believe it works as shown and not staged

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Exactly, this is sooooo dangerous for the mentally damaged people that follow MrBeast

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Good. Hopefully he dies out there because of it. He won't, because it's staged as hell but a man can dream.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  • "Hey Google is this edible?" [showing an out of focus, blurry image]
  • "This is definitely edible, you can feast on that"
  • "It is bitter, are you sure about that?"
  • "Yes, it's definitely edible, you can eat that"
  • "I am dizzy, and by comparing pictures on a book it seems to be poisonous????"
  • "You're absolutely right! I accidentally confused that for another root. I will take note to do better next time"

[dies]

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

The steps of figuring out whether something is edible are worth learning and take about 3 weeks (or 3 days, depending on how much you care for the test subject)

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

that is the result of listening to corporations

[–] the_q@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Stupid humans tend to be the reason for a lot of the issues plaguing the planet.

[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People dying because they blindly followed the advice of an LLM is kind of like natural selection.

I assume the selection will become more rapid as the consequences of cognitive offloading begin to manifest.

Agreed. Honestly should let it happen. People that stupid will hurt us as a species.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago

Both things can be true

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The slop did not account for the slope

(sorry)

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sloppery slope

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Ouch, way better than mine.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wat? WHAT? Ive not climbed anything close to shasta, we dont even have peaks that high where i live but im much much more responsible when planning. Who even goes "uhh yeah 6 hours sounds about right" to a peak above 4k??? I mean sure i can climb 4000 meters elevation in 6 hours, thats about my pace but you also have to get down and i imagine those are not easy trails. All if this is so stupid especially since they were climbers cause tou are not just climbing that high randomly, youd give up much faster but that means these idiots climbed stuff successfully before which is insane.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I'm no climber, but I assume getting down the mountain is much quicker and easier because you can just roll.

It took them 16 hours just to reach the summit. That was already 7PM on August 30, way past the recommended turnaround time of 12PM

Not sure what kind of "climbers" they are, but I would have known a long time before then that their plans were going off the rails.

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The article doesn't mention it, but I sure hope they were billed for the rescue.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In my European country, mountain rescue is billed thousands of euro and it's not free, if it was due to stupidity

I can't imagine a 20 hour search+rescue being free in the land of the Free

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is actually an area that America is generally pretty good at i.e. rescues by the US Park Service are generally free, unless there's obvious gross intelligence.

Personally, I would consider using AI to plan a trip for multiple people as gross negligence, but considering this current government's position on AI, I suspect they weren't charged a penny for it.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 0 points 1 day ago

No, bad taxpayer! Bad!

[–] luipaard0011@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Darwin always wins

[–] schroedingersKoala@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago

How many drugs over what time-frame does one have to take to think this would be a good idea?
I despair at humanity.

AI bros should do that more. If they do natural selection will kick in and take care of the problem for us.