AI-generated books on Amazon now have the potential to kill people, as they've moved into the realm of mushroom foraging. Guides have popped up like, well, mushrooms, packed with information that makes no sense and could easily be dangerous, illustrated with structures that are "the mycological equivalent of a picture of a hot blond with six fingers and too many teeth," writes Vox's Constance Grady. Here's more.
@CultureDesk@bookstodon I’m sure they have hallucinated electrical engineering books as well, with all kinds of handy “tips”, etc. Can you sue a publisher for willfully publishing wrong information?
@doc@CultureDesk@bookstodon Depends on jurisdiction of course, but in the US, probably not. Or, I mean, you can sue anyone for anything, but you're not going to win if the only allegation you make is that they published something that was wrong.
Maybe a good lawyer could find some way to frame it as negligence 🤷
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