A group of ill-prepared climbers had to be rescued because Gemini told them climbing Mt. Shasta would only take 8 hours.

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[–] [S] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In my European country, mountain rescue is billed thousands of euro and it's not free, if it was due to stupidity

I can't imagine a 20 hour search+rescue being free in the land of the Free

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    This is actually an area that America is generally pretty good at i.e. rescues by the US Park Service are generally free, unless there's obvious gross intelligence.

    Personally, I would consider using AI to plan a trip for multiple people as gross negligence, but considering this current government's position on AI, I suspect they weren't charged a penny for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    A lot of counties and states charge now too. Some up front, (edit, maybe I am remembering wrong. but they have charged thousands of dollars for relatively easy rescues.) They got a lot of shit for it in my state in a county I lived in that is famous for religious extremist dickheads. I think they backed off the prepaid part after someone was caught in a river and waved his credit card for the news cameras before the authorities got to him.

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