Here’s a viral story out of British Columbia where a 16-year-old used Claude AI to plan a route up Crown Mountain overlooking Vancouver. Relying strictly on the AI instructions (which he may or may not have followed strictly) rather than a map, he wound up starting to climb the sheer face of the Widowmaker Arete wall. He called for a helicopter rescue. Since the helicopter couldn’t get that close to the wall, the rescuers had to drop down to save him. It all ends happily, but most of the media coverage has focused on the fact that he got into trouble for using AI. I will tell the jokes first and give some more background and links.
