RE: https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/117549575671327171
Once upon a time, I was part of a wilderness search and rescue where two people left the rest of their group to use their map and the trail to get to the next camp, and they tried to use their new GPS (this was before smartphones) to cut through the wilderness because they thought it would be faster. It was not. They weren't found until the next morning.
This reminded me of that.
Mother Jones: Using AI to Plan Backcountry Trips Is Getting People Into Big Trouble (Nov. 1, 2026)
“I think they kind of turned their brains off.”
@joe "shortcut" never works out in the wilderness, lol.