CTV Winnipeg: ‘The risk is real’: Book on Manitoba mushrooms suspected to be written by AI

David Gerhard, who is head of the University of Manitoba’s computer science department, said the book shows several telltale signs of being written by artificial intelligence.

“There are phrases in it that don’t make sense. There’s a lot of very generic text, and the images were also just stolen from the Internet, from different places,” Gerhard said.

The computer scientist has tips for foraging for a non-AI-generated book online. Gerhard said consumers should be wary of books with only one review and that are self-published.

He also advised confirming the author’s identity and that the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is legitimate.

“There’s an awful lot of self-published books that are AI-generated and not trustworthy.”

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