And the moral of the story still reverberates in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI). While a doctor might order more tests to confirm a diagnosis, one researcher explained that generative AI “delivers the wrong answer with the exact same confidence as the right one”. Finally, if your instinct is to fact-check the story at the start of this article, good old-fashioned books might be your best bet: references to how the British government twice encouraged rhubarb poisoning can be found in the The Poison Garden’s A-Z of Poisonous Plants and Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants.
Author: Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Published at: 2026-03-22 22:20:08
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