Weekly reads for Sunday Feb 9, 2025
Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria | WIRED
It’s almost like boiling the ocean might be a bad idea!
Massive Pedestrian Crushers Don’t Actually Keep Occupants Safe Either, New Research Shows
Giant vehicles aren’t safe for the people outside them, but they’re also not safe for the people in them either, it turns out. But that’s not why people buy them anyway, they buy them to compensate for their tiny genitals.
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews - Ars Technica
I don’t use Google, but if all tech starts behaving differently to people who swear, I’m in luck because most of my conversations with Siri are just a torrent of expletives.
Rats beat AI at recognizing obscured objects | Popular Science
“Living creatures that have evolved for billions of years better than computers with no eyes at identifying things!” You don’t say? 😄