Chat boxes aren’t the only platforms with some interesting hallucinations.
This apple isn’t in the USDA database. Not in the WSU database either. So how did Pomo arrive at these conclusions?
The link says is diploid, self sterile. Either the Black twig is not sterile, or the Summer Banana is self fertile. Just observing…
AI does not have eyes.
Curious what you mean with black twig?
I do not think the AI Hallucinates. I just think they do not know where to look to fully investigate. AI clearly gets befuddled with synonyms too. As we all do.
That is why I make it a point to cite contrary information sources for it.
I was told by Cornell that blemishes on my nectarines were from thrips when it turned out to be from late winter cold. I was told by Cornell and other academic authorities that spraying hort oil on pink or open peach blossoms would kill them. I was by my chemical company orchard advisor, who does consultation for scores of orchards in the Hudson Valley and has a degree in agronomy that my low pesticide would very quickly create resistance in the pests I must control for crop.
Wrong on all counts, but if you confront a human with their mistakes, they are often slow to admit their error. Robots have no false pride, of course.
On the oil and the thrips, CHAT was my co-investigator.
Where did it get the blood of saturn peach then lol
Pretty sure you avoid spraying with blossoms because of polinators
That is on the label of all tree spray products that may directly reach pollinators. So you are right that it’s on the label for that. However, to this day, university based advisories warn against spraying peaches at pink or during bloom because it can destroy the crop. Of course, if that was true, every commercial orchard and nursery would spray purespray oil on peaches when in full bloom to encourage focus on growth. They would likely have gotten a legal clearance to do so if needed, I assume, because the danger to pollinators even when hit directly by such spray is minimal and spraying could easily be done when bees are not active. It would be of immense commercial value to have a chemical that even partially thinned peaches.
I was trying to show you that all sources of info have their problems. I am glad to have access to the guidance of U.C. Davis and Cornell which usually steers me right, but significantly tends to get things wrong- partially because they are not funded to do research helpful specifically to small orchards.
CHAT GPT has brought you a world of interesting and what should be useful info about fruit trees through me and yet you focus on the errors of the tool. I think that’s your loss. Perhaps in more ways than one. It depends on how you make your living, but in many sectors success will soon become difficult for folks unable or unwilling to use this tool. It has already uplifted my knowledge about fruit trees a great deal, and I’ve been studying them for over 50 years.