3292: Geology Class

Geology Class

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Title text: The rise of AI review bombing tools threatens to take away a crucial source of experience for geology undergraduates.

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A roadcut is where part of a hill was dug or blasted away to make room for a road to go through. Since it makes a vertical "slice" through the hill, it exposes many layers of rock, making it useful to geologists who want to examine those rock layers. Ponytail is attempting to manipulate where her state is building a new highway, which will therefore create new roadcuts through a layer of Triassic shale that she wants to study.

Given the permitting and construction timelines involved, this project is not likely to bear fruit anytime soon (perhaps not for years, if at all), but as a geologist Ponytail probably thinks that anything less than a thousand years is "quick enough". This is due to the extremely long (to most people) timeframes that geologists work with, due to how slowly tectonic plates move.

"Review bombing" is the process where a group of people leave negative reviews to artificially lower a score of a piece of media or property- some forms include games via the Steam Reviews, movies and shows via iMDB, and various stores via Yelp or Google Maps. Review bombing is usually caused by some sort of hatred towards the targeted media and it's creators, although it may happen for other reasons.

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[Ponytail is lecturing Cueball and Megan. Ponytail is holding a pointer.]

Ponytail: Welcome to Geology 201.

Ponytail: Today we'll be review-bombing an Applebees.

[Ponytail points toward a map on the wall.]

Ponytail: Tomorrow we'll do Costco and Sephora.

Megan: Why?

Ponytail: If we cut traffic to the Northgate Shopping Center, it will go to the East Plaza instead.

[Zoom-in to Ponytail pointing to the map of the city, with several roads and intersections marked.]

Ponytail: This will push the state to cancel the North Bridge project and shift funds to the Highway 3 extension...

[Back to a wide view of the class.]

Ponytail: ...creating new roadcuts through Triassic shale.

Megan: I like Applebees.

Ponytail: Then you should have told the city to approve my dig permit.

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