Parents in Glasgow, Scotland, complained to police after they were fooled into taking their children to a disappointing Willy Wonka event held at a warehouse that was trumped up in fantastical in AI ads.
The “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” event, which charged $40 for entry, was described as “immersive” and “whimsical” and billed as a “journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises at every turn!”
The event’s website used wondrous AI-created images to advertise an “enchanted garden” filled with “giant sweets” and sculptures, an “imagination lab” displaying “optical marvels,” and a “twilight tunnel” adventure.
However, upon arriving at the warehouse for the event, parents quickly realized the experience fell significantly short of the expectations set by the AI advertisements and reported the event to Scotland police.
Organizers reportedly handed children “a couple of jellybeans and a quarter cup of lemonade,” according to an actor hired to perform at the event who said he couldn’t do his job because of the lack of props.
“I thought it was where dreams went to die,” the actor described, adding the whole event was “incredibly last minute” and that an “unmotivated” script he’d been given had been completely AI-generated.
Photos shared on social media reveal the minimal effort put into decorations for the farcical event, which reportedly left children in tears and parents furious.
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One image of a worker at the event dressed as an Oompa Loompa was lampooned online, with some saying it looked like they were operating a meth lab.
“Sold a dream and delivered a nightmare,” one parent wrote on Facebook, according to Sky News.
The event organizers, called the “House of Illuminati,” apologized for the event and announced they would issue full refunds.
“Unfortunately, last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realize we probably should have cancelled first thing this morning instead,” the organizers said.
The incident underscores one of the ways AI can be misused to deceive people, and it should serve as a cautionary tale not to take things seen online at face value.
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