Viral "AI agents found a Maya site" story debunked as 2025 old news
Antique_Atmosphere97 · reddit · 2026-11-15
The viral "48 AI agents + NASA lidar discovered a Maya site" story turns out to be old news — humans found the site back in 2025, and the original poster admitted it. The author urges fact-checking before sharing AI headlines, and frames the "AI killing the craft" debate with an analogy: few people still inline assembly for speed after moving to C.
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