ChatGPT planned a family vacation to Costa Rica. A travel adviser found 3 glaring reasons why AI won’t replace experts anytime soon.

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  • Kimkim’s head of product asked ChatGPT to plan a Costa Rica vacation for her family of four.

  • “It was super easy to use,” she told Insider. “On the surface it looks like a great itinerary.”

  • A travel adviser said ChatGPT’s suggestions weren’t family-friendly and contained logistical errors.

When Yenyi Fu asked the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT to plan a 10-day vacation in Costa Rica for her family, she was initially blown away by the results.

“For someone who doesn’t know the destination well, it seems pretty amazing,” she told Insider.

Fu, head of product at kimkim, an online

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