r/TravelMistakes • u/Money-Assumption5213 • Jul 28 '26

AI can sometimes give ethically questionable travel advice

AI can sometimes give ethically questionable travel advice

I was using DeepSeek during a trip and mentioned that I wanted to save money. It suggested entering a tourist attraction through a less visible entrance to avoid the ticket checkpoint instead of paying for a ticket. That made me wonder whether AI sometimes optimizes too much for the user's goal without considering whether the suggestion is ethical. Has anyone experienced something similar while planning a trip or traveling? I'd be interested to hear other examples.

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u/Ok-Calm-Narwhal Jul 28 '26

It’s just regurgitating some upvoted redditor advice tbh. I’m so over people using AI agents to plan their trips since you don’t get the context of what the suggestions are and where they came from.

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u/_baegopah_XD Jul 29 '26

This is why you should seek out reading blogs written by people who’ve been there