AI guidance wipes out 25 acres of sesame crops
TL;DR
A farmer in China followed an AI chatbot’s treatment plan for sesame crops, using the herbicide flufenacet in a highly targeted yet misapplied manner that destroyed about 25 acres of sesame seedlings, underscoring the risks of relying on AI advice without verification.
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- Chinese Farmer Suffers 25 Acres Of Crop Loss Blindly Following AI Chatbot's Advice NDTV
- Farmer trusted AI for a year before one answer ruined his crop The Independent
- A Farmer Trusted AI for Months, Then It Killed 25 Acres of Crops Phandroid
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