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Satnav Briefly Routes Drivers via AI Map; Three End Up ‘Near St Fillans Emotionally’
Fictional recovery operation involved paper maps and a stern talk.
A satnav, confused. Photo: Raimond Spekking, “Automotive navigation system Navigon NVG7100-1067”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
PERTHSHIRE — After the AI map circulated online, a fictional handful of drivers followed creative geography and phoned home from places that were “spiritually Auchterarder”.
“I could see hills,” said one. “Wrong hills. Beautiful wrong hills.”
Use official diversions for the A93 works; leave the AI map in the museum of trying your best.
The real story: AI map not for navigation (The Courier apology context)
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