Tech companies are rushing to deploy AI everywhere.

But because glaring issues remain with the tech, it’s almost inevitable that these efforts lead to public embarrassment when the AI malfunctions.

In one of the latest examples, Reddit’s new AI was caught making an extraordinarily bad suggestion: that DIY heroin use might be an effective strategy for pain management.

As flagged by 404 Media, a user noticed while browsing the r/FamilyMedicine subreddit that the site’s “Reddit Answers” AI was proffering “approaches to pain management without opioids.” On its face, that’s a nice idea, since over prescription of opioid painkillers led to a severe and ongoing addiction crisis.

But the Reddit AI’s first suggestion was to try kratom, an herbal extract from a plant called Mitragyna speciosa th

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