Mushrooms Have an AI Problem

Mycopreneur Incubator Invite below

Mushroom excitement around the world is palpable: Everywhere you go, there are mushrooms stenciled into street art, mushroom designs stitched into fashionable attire, fruiting blocks of fresh grown Pioppinos at the farmers market, microdosing moms, and…AI generated mushroom foraging guides confusing toxic lookalikes with edible mushrooms? AI bots pushing sketchy psilocybin sources with names like ‘Dr. Spores’ in the comments on any post pertaining to mushrooms? AI censors deplatforming legitimate and legal businesses working diligently to transparently educate the public about mushrooms??

Next you’re going to tell me that AI drug development technology is being applied to underground product development, and that the odds are very high that AI designed synthetic psilocybin analogues will flood the market and be marketed as mushroom products…

The perverse incentive to unscrupulously capitalize on public interest and lack of education around anything trending culturally is pervasive around the world and across industries. This is the ‘bubble’ factor - cultural interest spikes, demand increases, and profiteering opportunists stretch the limits of what’s sustainable or advisable until the bubble bursts. Same as it ever was.

In an era of increasing online anonymity, astroturfing of public opinion, and flat out misinformation and disinformation rewiring our perceptions of reality at an unprecedented scale, community connection can serve as a bulwark against the bullshit.

I’ve never felt the need to purchase a random AI mushroom foraging field guide off of Amazon because I’ve cultivated personal relationships with foraging experts who have dedicated their lives to understanding the microclimates and Funga of various regions. This logic applies across the board wherever any of the other tech enabled and market driven obfuscations arise; after all, why buy random trap chocolates at a gas station when there are legions of ethical cultivators and transparent brands operating in thousands of regions worldwide?

Spoiler: The picture below is a false, defective product advertised as ‘mushroom chocolate’. These types of products are typically sold anonymously online or in smoke shops / gas stations, etc.

That’s one of the reasons that Mycopreneur exists - to connect and uplift the global mushroom community, and to empower entrepreneurs to be well-educated and well-resourced so that they can build a sustainable livelihood around working with mushrooms.

Join us at this week’s Mycopreneur Incubator to learn more about what the mushroom entrepreneurs of the world are up to, and to contribute on the ground intelligence about the challenges and opportunities that you’re currently navigating as a mushroom entrepreneur.

Invite details:

Mycopreneur Incubator - Thursday, October 24

Time: 6:00 PM East Coast U.S., 3:00 PM West Coast U.S.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88142249360?pwd=O3Fa4YPIP81JNYxdu9aCIHWaKPPdmU.1

Meeting ID: 881 4224 9360

Passcode: 549033

The Incubator is free for everyone -

Please consider contributing $10-$15 or sponsoring a session for $100

Venmo: @mycopreneur

PayPal: [email protected]

Cheers,

Dennis