Tried using an AI to draft my garden layout and it picked plants that bloom in winter here in Minnesota

I fed it my zone and soil type, and it suggested a bunch of flowers that need full sun in December. Turns out the training data was pulling from UK gardening guides, not US hardiness zones. Has anyone else had AI tools mess up because of location blind spots?

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jason_stone5911d agoMost Upvoted

My neighbor bought an AI meal planner last year and it kept giving him recipes with avocados and fresh berries in January for his Iowa kitchen. He finally realized the app was pulling data from some California database without any winter context. @fiona_carr26 is right about that Mediterranean bias. It feels like a lot of these tools learn from one specific region and then assume everywhere else is the same.

fiona_carr2612d ago

Oh man, I had an AI try to plan my herb garden once and it kept insisting on planting lavender in a spot that gets zero drainage, like it thought I lived in the Mediterranean or something. Location blind spots are real, I swear it thinks the whole planet is coastal California.

kellygrant11d ago

Lol sounds like @jason_stone59's neighbor and you need to start a support group for AI gardening fails. Maybe the lavender will survive if you move to the coast?