18/08/2026
He trusted AI with his farm… and lost 25 acres of crops. 🌱💀
A 67-year-old farmer in China reportedly used an AI agricultural chatbot to get advice on dealing with weeds and pests.
The AI recommended a chemical mixture. He followed the advice and sprayed it on his sesame crop.
The result?
Almost 25 acres of sesame crops were destroyed.
The shocking part isn't that AI made a mistake.
It's that a wrong AI answer was treated like expert advice without verification.
AI can give you information in seconds.
But when the decision involves your health, money, business or livelihood, one simple rule matters:
Don't just ask AI. Verify AI.
💬 Would you blindly follow AI advice if it sounded confident?