Will AI Help or Wreck Your Summer Vacation?

(Bloomberg Opinion) — On a recent trip to Taiwan, I turned to ChatGPT to ask for recommendations for the best beef noodles in my area — with the very specific request that the shop had to accept credit cards, as I was running low on my stash of local currency.

The chatbot immediately recommended a place that was a short walk and featured some of the most delicious, melt-in-your mouth beef tendon I’ve ever had. I was pleased to be the only foreigner in the no-frills, no air-conditioning joint that was home to a fat, orange cat taking a nap…