An AI agent swarm may have unearthed an unmapped Maya site.
Google researcher Pietro Miotti says 48 AI agents combing NASA Lidar data spotted signs of a previously unrecorded ancient site in Mexico. He’s not an archeologist, and the find still needs fieldwork to verify, but it’s a cool glimpse into why scientists are so excited by these tools.
TL;DR
- 48 AI agents analyzed NASA Lidar data.
- Signs of a previously unrecorded ancient Maya site were detected in Mexico.
- The discovery was made by Google researcher Pietro Miotti.
- Fieldwork is required to verify the find.
- This highlights the excitement around AI tools for scientific discovery.