What do septic tanks have to do with a massive seaweed bloom?
Researcher: ‘It’s like Jaws. You got to cut the food supply off.’
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What do septic tanks have to do with a massive seaweed bloom?
ORLANDO, Fla. – Researchers blame rising temperatures, fertilizer runoff and increasing nitrogen levels from old septic tanks for a growing bloom of seaweed that made its way to Central Florida.
The piles of seaweed washed up on the shores of Brevard, Volusia and Flagler counties in May, and it was so thick in some places that shovels were no match for it.
“In your mind, you have this pristine beach that you see in all the pictures of Florida, and then you see this, and it’s like, ‘That’s not what I expected,’” said Andy George, who was visiting Cocoa Beach with his wife, Melanie.
Highlighting the real successes of AI
Highlighting the real successes of AI
Despite the hype, especially around self-driving cars, AI is writing code, designing Google chip floor plans, and telling us how much to trust it. Credit: Dreamstime
Given just how much of the AI hype is just that hype it’s easy to forget that a wide range of companies are having real success with AI. No, I’m not talking about Tesla’s continued errant marketing of AI-infused “full self-driving.”
As analyst Benedict Evans writes, “Version nine of ‘Full Self-Driving’ is shipping soon (in beta) and yet will not in fact be full self-driving, or anything close to it.” Rather, I’m talking about the kinds of real-world examples listed by Mike Loukides, some of which involve not-so-full self driving.
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