by Frank Bergman, Slay News:
A farmer has been left devastated after an artificial intelligence farming bot he trusted to make critical agricultural decisions destroyed 25 acres of healthy crops.
The disaster unfolded in Chuzhou, China, where a 67-year-old farmer identified only by his surname, Wu, had spent nearly a year relying on a large language model to help run his farm.
At first, the AI appeared to work.
Wu reportedly used the chatbot for fertilizing advice, scheduling, and other routine decisions.
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But after months of successful recommendations, he trusted the system with something far more consequential.
The AI “famer” gave Wu a pesticide plan and convinced him it would boost the crops.
However, that decision wiped out an entire field of sesame seedlings.
Farmer Followed AI Pesticide Plan ‘To The Letter’
According to Taiwanese outlet CTWANT, Wu had initially been skeptical about allowing AI to influence his farming decisions.
Early successes changed his mind.
He eventually began depending on the chatbot for everything from fertilizer recommendations to planning daily agricultural work.
Then the AI “farmer” generated a new pesticide treatment for roughly 25 acres of young sesame crops.
Wu followed the instructions exactly.
He did not consult an agricultural expert and did not independently verify the chemical combination.
He simply trusted the AI “farmer.”
AI Mixed Multiple Powerful Chemicals
The chatbot reportedly instructed Wu to combine several agricultural chemicals, including flupyridine, flufenazate, thiamethoxam, and emamectin benzoate.
The treatment was supposed to eliminate weeds and pests.
Instead, it destroyed the crop.
