Engineer's 48 AI agents flag unmapped Maya pyramid in NASA lidar data within 72 hours
Software engineer Pietro Miotti ran 48 AI agents over public NASA lidar covering 1,200 km2 of jungle, flagging a possible Maya site with a plaza and pyramid absent from Mexico's national register; archaeologists had reportedly already identified the location.
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Timeline · 8 reports
- 2026-11-12 14:01 · DEV Community — AI
AI Agents Found a Maya Site in 72 Hours. Archaeologists Had Been There First - 2026-11-12 00:06 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
48 AI Agents Spot A Possible Lost Maya Pyramid Overnight, And Mexico Has No Record Of It - 2026-11-11 21:58 · DEV Community — AI
48 AI Agents Found a Maya Pyramid. Archaeologists Found It First. - 2026-11-11 21:30 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmapped Maya pyramid in 72h - 2026-11-11 18:40 · DEV Community — AI
48 AI Agents Scanned 1,200 km2 of Jungle Lidar - and Flagged a Maya Pyramid Missing From the Register - 2026-11-11 12:05 · Hacker News Front Page
My AI agents found an unmapped Maya site? - 2026-11-11 12:05 · Hacker News Front Page
Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmapped Maya pyramid in 72h - 2026-11-10 22:09 · r/singularity
"My AI agents found an unmapped Maya site in Mexico, using LiDAR data from a NASA dataset. 72 hours from a random thought on vacation to a reply from Mexico's national archaeology institute. What a time to be alive…"