Many mushroom identification and foraging books being sold on Amazon are likely generated by AI with no human authorship. These books could provide dangerous misinformation and potentially lead to deaths if people eat poisonous mushrooms based on the AI’s inaccurate descriptions. Two New York mushroom societies have warned about the risks of AI-generated foraging guides. Experts note that safely identifying wild mushrooms requires careful research and experience that an AI system does not have. Amazon has since removed some books flagged as AI-generated, but more may exist. Detecting AI-generated books and authors can be difficult as the systems can fabricate author bios and images. Relying on multiple credible sources, as well as guidance from local foraging groups, is advised for safely pursuing mushroom foraging.
You made your point well. Hell, even if they paid me for the sessions, I feel like it would be such a miserable way to experience life.
I have a friend who needs dialysis, and it’s really limited her ability to socialize and travel freely.
Until I started to see stories like that I thought about fungi in terms of death/not death, and didn’t realize the life-changing injury part in between.
Your poor friend. To be fair I can’t travel anyway for health reasons, but multiple organ failure still seems worse.