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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by Aboutplants on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:31AM (#50453198)
He asked authorities, as stated in the article

“INAH replied: they checked their records and found no registered archaeological site at that location. To be clear, it's not official yet. But as far as anyone can tell, nobody had put this one on a map before.“

Am I missing something to your post?

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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by edh649 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:45AM (#50453354)
INAH said there's nothing registered there, nothing more than that. The results look fairly convincing but neither the OP, me and (I presume) you nor the commentor have archaeology experience. Perhaps there are other explanations for ground structures like this we just don't know till an expert visits the site and confirms that yes, it is a previously unmapped Mayan pyramid.
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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by shawabawa3 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:48AM (#50453382)
One potential reason there's no registered archaeological site at that location is that there _is_ no archaeological site at that location.

For example, the agents could have displaced a known archeological site, or hallucinated or otherwise created one where none exists

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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by ideashower on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:38AM (#50453989)
There are other authorities! Such as researchers, academics etc.

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50453616

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