Mother Jones reports AI trip planning is leading people into trouble in the backcountry

A Mother Jones article, shared on Mastodon, reports that people using AI to plan backcountry trips are getting into serious trouble. A quoted source says users "kind of turned their brains off." Only the headline and post text were available, so details are limited.

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1. 3 Nov, 00:00 UTCMother Jones publishes AI backcountry trip story

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