...simply default to imagination. Even if you're Google.
I was hoping to find some more photographs along this line (it's some abalone nacre)
so I consulted good old Artificial "Intelligence" (perhaps not the most intelligent thing to do, considering A."I."s stellar record {snort}). Since it evidently couldn't figure out what this was, it resorted to next best guess:
Ever since I first set foot on barnacles, I've hated the darned things: they puncture & slash your feet like you were their most egregious enemy. But recently, I found Siamese twin ones attached to a sand dollar
(which in itself is new this year: in all my decades of life, I've NEVER seen barnacles choose sand dollars as a squatting spot; not sure what that signifies), with an obvious divorce having taken place, so I wanted to understand barnacle anatomy better.
I've always viewed barnacles as perhaps 1mm up the totem pole from rocks. But then I found this schematic, which totally blew me away...and at the same time, caused a massive abs workout from guffawing. Notice how complex this creature in fact is! He's even got certain {ahem} appendages and cavities!
Here's a magnificent view of a live one:
And for a bit more mirth, watch this unbelievable snippet.
I again clicked on the "search by image" button right next to this picture (which is again a sand design):
Google could only figure it out as:
But hey, at least Google got the rhyme right!
If I have worked with a picture file in MSPaint which is later closed, but where the MSPaint screen is still up, A."I." afterwards can't tell that the file has been "tucked away." Against all reason, it stubbornly continues to insist that the file is still "in use," and then refuses to allow me to do anything with that file in the way of moving it.
Dumb artificial "intelligence" is bad enough, but rebellious dumb artificial "intelligence"?!? That really takes the cake.
I'm voting for renaming artificial "intelligence."
Struck out twice within an hour, no less!
I wanted to find more pictures like this, so I clicked on the "search by image" function RIGHT next to the image in question (which usually gives Google a clue as to what kind of image is involved).
Now, most folks would recognize this as a water and sand pattern. Not Google! Even tho the pattern is NOT pointing upward (which would make the mistake slightly more understandable), Google came up with this result:
With this picture, I did the exact same thing:
This is another water-carved sand pattern (albeit no longer underwater). Google couldn't make it out, so just tossed it into this "bin":
Yes, Google, in the broadest sense, sand is indeed a "material," but not the type you've selected here, aka "fabric."
And in the face of this kind of incompetence, there're folks who worry that computers'll take over the world?!?
[Disclaimer: Blogger is at fault for the whacky sizing below.]
RESPONSIBLE DRONE USE: While drones have not been seen over the Bluecut Fire, fire managers would like to remind the public that hobby drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), pose a major safety threat to firefighting pilots and firefighters. When a hobby drone is flown into a fire area, incident commanders have no choice but to suspend air operations and ground aircraft until the drone is removed from the area.
The authorities should have permission to shoot down a UAS in that kind of situation. I can not beLEEEEve that those things are allowed to hamper life and property saving activities!!!!!
Google's been flaunting its prowess again. I put this image of Haliotis K. Assimilis (aka a type of abalone found prolifically in the Baja area) in its image search.
Google thought it was this, ROTFL!
