Plant care misinformation regurgitated by AI chatbots and apps is also a common occurrence, according to Ahl. AI is now a part of a larger misinformation ecosystem that includes plant influencers without cited sources repeating plant care myths and plant ID apps. Most plant communities on Reddit ban AI-generated images, and there are strong feelings against AI-generated plant care advice, which some community members say is often wrong and doesn’t take the human variable into account. AI-generated plant slop might also make magical-looking real plants look fake, risking the destruction of the wonder collectors feel toward new plant varieties. The proliferation of AI-generated photos has resulted in an existential questioning of reality, and it might be driving us even further away from nature.