While I appreciate and broadly agree with your bigger point, I'd argue this particular bit is a bit uncharitable. Articles about nerds doing interesting, unusual things do make the front page pretty often.
They do but the point point is that this post made it because of the AI hype. Not the discovery itself which should grant more attention than that of a machine doing archeological "work" that happens to misinform.
They do but the point point is that this post made it because of the AI hype. Not the discovery itself which should grant more attention than that of a machine doing archeological "work" that happens to misinform.