By analyzing NASA lidar data, my AI agents discovered a Maya site in Mexico that, as far as anyone can tell, no one had reported before. It took less than 72 hours to go from a random thought while traveling to an official reply from the Mexican government. This is by far the best time ever to be alive.
I'm going to tell this story as a diary, because the timeline is probably the best part.
I was traveling in Peru, Gemini-ing about the history of the place, when I learned about Hiram Bingham, the American explorer who "discovered" Machu Picchu in 1911. "What luck!" I thought. He was actually looking for a different city, Vilcabamba, the last refuge of the Incas, when a local farmer in the valley below guided him to the ruins. "Imagine if Bingham had our tools," I thought. "What would he do?"
